# Crushing injuries at DZ Block, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017065217` · 6/8/2017 · WILDWOOD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper extremities, unspecified
- **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:** DZ Block, Inc
- **Location:** 8484 CR 127, WILDWOOD, FLORIDA, 34785
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a block machine when the employee's left arm became stuck in the machine and was crushed up to the elbow. The block machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.

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