# Crushing injuries at Intimidator Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016031968` · 3/5/2016 · BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Intimidator Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Bad Boy Boulevard, BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72501
- **NAICS:** 336999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending flat steel into machine parts on a brake press. On the third bend, the steel curled around, catching and crushing the employee's right thumb between the steel and the brake press.

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