# Crushing injuries at Regal Beloit America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171211841` · 12/13/2017 · MCALLEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Regal Beloit America, Inc.
- **Location:** 6801 South Bentsen Road, MCALLEN, TEXAS, 78503
- **NAICS:** 335312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was instructing a trainee on how to set up a single-cycle stroke on a press machine. His left hand was adjusting a miss-feed of the lamination when the trainee initiated the cycle. The top section of the die then cycled down, crushing the first three digits (middle fingers) of his left hand.

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