# Crushing injuries at Firestone Building Products
> OSHA SIR `20191212537` · 12/5/2019 · PRESCOTT, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Firestone Building Products
- **Location:** 1406 Hwy 371 N, PRESCOTT, ARKANSAS, 71857
- **NAICS:** 326291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taping a finished roll of rubber when her left hand was caught between the roll of rubber and the wind-up roller wheel. She received a crushing injury to her left hand, requiring surgery to relieve the pressure.

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