# Crushing injuries at Mellott Wood Preserving, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2021043480` · 4/27/2021 · NEEDMORE, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mellott Wood Preserving, Incorporated
- **Location:** 1398 Sawmill Road, NEEDMORE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17238
- **NAICS:** 321114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing backed-up ties on a trimming line. When the machine was turned back on, the chain raised quickly and crushed his left hand between the timber and the chain.

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