# Crushing injuries at Protect Controls, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191111922` · 11/15/2019 · CONROE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Protect Controls, Inc.
- **Location:** 3212 Old Hwy 105 E., CONROE, TEXAS, 77301
- **NAICS:** 332311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping the operator of a press brake machine. The employee's right-hand fingers were smashed in the machine and the employee was hospitalized.

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