# Crushing injuries at Barksdale and Associates
> OSHA SIR `2018021308` · 2/7/2018 · AMERICUS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Barksdale and Associates
- **Location:** 211 Swett Ave., AMERICUS, GEORGIA, 31709
- **NAICS:** 334419
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a hydraulic press at shift end. The employee reached into a machine opening to retrieve a piece of material and the press platen struck and crushed the employee's hand. The machine was energized at the time.

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