# Crushing injuries at Automated Packaging Systems
> OSHA SIR `2016077016` · 7/30/2016 · BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Automated Packaging Systems
- **Location:** 25900 Solon Road, BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO, 44146
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up the machine in the converting department when his hand got caught in the nip roller crushing his hand. The employee was admitted to the hospital for surgery to repair the injured hand.

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