# Crushing injuries at Sound Seal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181112064` · 11/26/2018 · NORTH AURORA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Sound Seal, Inc.
- **Location:** 401 Airport Rd, NORTH AURORA, ILLINOIS, 60542
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 11/26/18, an employee was operating a press brake to bend parts. The employee had slipped the part into the machine when the part fell back behind the press. As the die was coming down, the employee attempted to retrieve the part and the employee's right hand was crushed between the dies.

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