# Crushing injuries at Omega Plastics Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015086113` · 8/25/2015 · LYNDHURST, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses-printing
## Employer
- **Name:** Omega Plastics Corporation
- **Location:** PAGE AND SCHUYLER AVE., LYNDHURST, NEW JERSEY, 07071
- **NAICS:** 322223
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the rubber plates on the printing press and crushed three fingers between the printing cylinders. The machine was running at the time and was not locked out.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*