# Crushing injuries at Gateway Packaging  Co
> OSHA SIR `20191112027` · 11/19/2019 · GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Gateway Packaging  Co
- **Location:** 20 Central Industrial Dr, GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, 62040
- **NAICS:** 322220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a lamination roller with a rag. The employee's right hand and the rag were caught between the two rollers, and the hand was crushed.

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