# Crushing injuries at Biltrite Ripley Operations, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020011034` · 1/31/2020 · RIPLEY, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Biltrite Ripley Operations, LLC
- **Location:** 16310 Hwy 15 N., RIPLEY, MISSISSIPPI, 38663
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a vertical injection press when the bolt broke and the injector unit fell and crushed the employee's right hand.

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