# Crushing injuries at Hoerbiger Corpporation of America, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016098827` · 9/17/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hoerbiger Corpporation of America, Inc
- **Location:** 1212 Milby Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77023
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was flipping the mold tool on a press to strip parts when the press ram came down and crushed his left thumb.

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