# Crushing injuries at Laminate Technologies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016020988` · 2/2/2016 · TIFFIN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Laminate Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** 161 Maule Road, TIFFIN, OHIO, 44883
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 2, 2016, a maintenance employee was checking the photo eye on the panel saw. As he checked the eye, the program fence released and crushed his right ankle between the fence and a pressure beam. He was hospitalized.

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