# Crushing injuries at Ware Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019043901` · 4/16/2019 · SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ware Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 400 Metuchen Road, SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, 07080
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a press. After the machine cycled, he pushed down the short pieces with a tool. As he was doing this, the machine was activated via the pedal, causing the spring to come down on the tool and crush the employee's right third finger.

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