# Crushing injuries at Playworld Systems Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2016053983` · 5/10/2016 · NEW BERLIN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Playworld Systems Incorporated
- **Location:** 20 Willow Pond Road, NEW BERLIN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17855
- **NAICS:** 339920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 5:40 PM, on May 10, 2016, an employee was preparing to change a mold out from a machine. The employee was removing bolts from the new mold, which was held by a forklift, when the mold slipped. The employee's left index and middle fingers were crushed between the roughly 300-pound mold and the arm of the machine, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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