# Crushing injuries at Wheeling Newspaper Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191011138` · 10/25/2019 · WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA
## 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:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Wheeling Newspaper Inc.
- **Location:** 240 20th Street, WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, 26003
- **NAICS:** 511110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was at the bundle squeezer when a bundle went past and the bundle squeezer closed on their finger. The employee sustained crushing injuries to their left index finger.

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