# Crushing injuries at VERIPAC, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021108980` · 10/18/2021 · BRIDGETON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** VERIPAC, LLC
- **Location:** 4765 Earth City Expressway, BRIDGETON, MISSOURI, 63044
- **NAICS:** 326121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was cleaning extruder rollers when his left forearm was pinned and crushed. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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