# Crushing injuries at Plymouth Foam, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018021295` · 2/7/2018 · GNADENHUTTEN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Plymouth Foam, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Southern Gateway Dr, GNADENHUTTEN, OHIO, 44629
- **NAICS:** 326140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the roll coater to prep it for the next adhesive by wiping down the rolls with a rag. During that process, the employee's right hand and arm were pulled into the roller up to just before his elbow crushing them.

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