# Crushing injuries at UFP Ranson, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021076344` · 7/30/2021 · RANSON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** UFP Ranson, LLC
- **Location:** 249 16th Avenue, RANSON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25438
- **NAICS:** 321114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were working on a fence machine stacker. When it was activated, an employee was pinned between a lifting mechanism and the machine's lid, suffering a crushing injury across the chest.

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