# Crushing injuries at Forks Timber Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021827` · 2/29/2016 · NICHOLLS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Forks Timber Company, Inc.
- **Location:** Tract of timber off of Bickley Highway out to Dixie Union, NICHOLLS, GEORGIA, 31554
- **NAICS:** 113310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's hand was caught between the air conditioner belt and pulley on a tree cutter machine.  The employee's left hand was crushed and the employee was hospitalized due to the injury.

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