# Crushing injuries at RIDCO, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018054216` · 5/1/2018 · PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RIDCO, INC.
- **Location:** 6 Beverage Hill Avenue, PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND, 02860
- **NAICS:** 423840
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was showing a coworker how to run a particular job on a machine press. She was attempting to position a part in the point of operation when the machine actuated. Her right hand was then crushed by the machine, requiring hospitalization.

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