# Crushing injuries at Edgewell Personal Care, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181010558` · 10/12/2018 · MILFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** Edgewell Personal Care, LLC
- **Location:** 10 Leighton Road, MILFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06460
- **NAICS:** 332212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring a steel mold plate from one work bench to another using an overhead hoist when the mold plate already on the work table began to fall/tip over. As he tried to catch the plate, it crushed his right hand.

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