# Crushing injuries at Ideal Laundry & Cleaners
> OSHA SIR `2018021856` · 2/23/2018 · SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA
## 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:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ideal Laundry & Cleaners
- **Location:** 506 S. Beltline St., SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA, 69361
- **NAICS:** 812310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning around a folding machine and lost his balance. As he went to catch himself he grabbed the safety bar. His hand slipped and went into the roller on the machine and was crushed.

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