# Crushing injuries at UNITED ROTARY BRUSH CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2017032173` · 3/8/2017 · LENEXA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple upper extremities locations, 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:** UNITED ROTARY BRUSH CORPORATION
- **Location:** 15607 W. 100TH TERRACE, LENEXA, KANSAS, 66219
- **NAICS:** 339994
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a convoluted press machine and got their left forearm caught in the press. The arm was crushed from the hand to the elbow.

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