# Crushing injuries at Archer Daniels Midland Company
> OSHA SIR `2017098556` · 9/6/2017 · WINDSOR HEIGHTS, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Barge
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Archer Daniels Midland Company
- **Location:** Ohio River, WINDSOR HEIGHTS, WEST VIRGINIA, 26075
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing at the bow of a barge operating a skid steer by remote control and had his hand resting on the top edge of the barge. The crane operator swung the bucket over and crushed his hand between the bucket of the crane and the barge wall.

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