# Crushing injuries at Polar Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2021086614` · 8/6/2021 · AUBURN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Pallet jack-powered
- **Secondary source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Polar Corp.
- **Location:** 26 Southbridge St, AUBURN, MASSACHUSETTS, 01501
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was backing up a motorized pallet jack. The employee's hand was caught and crushed between the jack and a bailer.

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