# Crushing injuries at Tasus Texas Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017087695` · 8/11/2017 · GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tasus Texas Corporation
- **Location:** 211 Tasus Way, GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, 78628
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a finishing machine when the stop bar sensor turned on and the press continued its operation. The press cycled and the employee's right hand was pulled and crushed in between the notches on the stop cylinder and the stop bar. The employee was hospitalized.

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