# Crushing injuries at Effort Foundry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065434` · 6/14/2017 · BATH, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Effort Foundry, Inc.
- **Location:** 6980 CHRISPHALT DRIVE, BATH, PENNSYLVANIA, 18014
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane, attempting to lift a weight off a mold, when the hook became caught as he was pushing the up button on the crane. The hook then snapped free and struck the employee's face, crushing it. He was hospitalized.

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