# Crushing injuries at WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021505` · 2/13/2018 · MIDLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc.
- **Location:** One 12th Street, MIDLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 15059
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting the overhead crane operator to place an empty ladle in a ladle pre-heat station when the employee's right hand was caught in a pinch point resulting in a crushing injury to the hand.

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