# Crushing injuries at Rochling Glastic Composites
> OSHA SIR `2016098979` · 9/22/2016 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rochling Glastic Composites
- **Location:** 4321 GLENRIDGE ROAD, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44121
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a pultrusion flat sheet press. When the employee tried to retrieve an item in the press, his left arm was caught by the traveling puller as it attempted to return to the home position causing a crushing injury to the arm.

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