# Crushing injuries at Valley Cabinet Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098774` · 9/15/2016 · DE PERE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Valley Cabinet Inc.
- **Location:** 845 Prosper Road, DE PERE, WISCONSIN, 54115
- **NAICS:** 337110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an air nozzle inside a machine to blow dust off internal parts when his right hand was caught in the rotating spindle inside the machine, smashing the index, middle, and ring fingers on his right hand. The machine's guard door was removed at the time of the incident.

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