# Crushing injuries at Hydraulic Fittings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021443` · 2/14/2017 · RACINE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hydraulic Fittings, Inc.
- **Location:** 1210 Washington Avenue, RACINE, WISCONSIN, 53403
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a screw machine to make pipe fittings when some metal chips jammed the machine. As the employee attempted to clear the chips, the machine crushed the employee's hand.

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