# Crushing injuries at K.W. Thompson Tool Co. Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021043559` · 4/29/2021 · ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** K.W. Thompson Tool Co. Inc
- **Location:** 41 Old Dover Road, ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03867
- **NAICS:** 331512
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a part inside a wax injection mold machine. The machine cycled and crushed the employee's hand.

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