# Crushing injuries at Minova USA
> OSHA SIR `2016087688` · 8/16/2016 · MARION, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Bricks, blocks, structural stone, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Minova USA
- **Location:** 809 Skyline Drive, MARION, ILLINOIS, 62959
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shimming a hand (manual) header when his left hand was caught and crushed between the ram and the blocks.

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