# Crushing injuries at United Salt Baytown, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171010460` · 10/31/2017 · BAYTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** United Salt Baytown, LLC
- **Location:** 7901 FM 1405, BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77521
- **NAICS:** 311942
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was palletizing bags of salt. He was attempting to move a bag that was stuck on a conveyor belt when his right forearm was caught and crushed between two rotating pieces of equipment on the belt. He suffered skin damage that required surgery.

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