# Crushing injuries at PGT Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054812` · 5/23/2020 · VENICE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PGT Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 3419 Technology Drive, VENICE, FLORIDA, 34285
- **NAICS:** 332321
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a glass washer when the employee's right middle and ring fingers were caught and crushed in the nip point of the washer's belt.

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