# Crushing injuries at American Cap Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022043066` · 4/6/2022 · WHEATLAND, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** American Cap Company, LLC
- **Location:** 15 Church Street, WHEATLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, 16161
- **NAICS:** 332919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a brake press. Their left hand got caught in the die when the machine cycled resulting in crush injuries to the hand that required hospitalization and surgery.

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