# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Twin City Fan Companies, LTD.
> OSHA SIR `2018010311` · 1/10/2018 · ELKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Twin City Fan Companies, LTD.
- **Location:** 201 Badger Street North, ELKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57026
- **NAICS:** 333413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a press brake to bend material. The employee's hand was under the die when the employee's foot applied pressure to the pedal, causing the press to operate. The employee's hand was then caught in the press.

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