# Sprains at Shaffer Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2018066465` · 6/28/2018 · URBANA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Shaffer Manufacturing
- **Location:** 720 S Edgewood Ave, URBANA, OHIO, 43078
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was sitting at the machine lowering the bowl on a spindle while welding areas of the mixer bowl. The lip of the mixer bowl became trapped on top of his knee, pushing his foot (which was operating a speed pedal) downward and trapping his lower leg. The employee required assistance to remove him from the machine. The employee sustained a right knee sprain.

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