# Crushing injuries at Midwest Paper Group
> OSHA SIR `2018099297` · 9/8/2018 · COMBINED LOCKS, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Paper production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwest Paper Group
- **Location:** 540 Prospect St., COMBINED LOCKS, WISCONSIN, 54113
- **NAICS:** 322110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing a paper machine when he attempted to align a pin and contacted a limit switch, causing the machine to cycle and crush his hand.

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