# Crushing injuries at Kase Equipment Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022043405` · 4/20/2022 · CLEVELAND, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kase Equipment Inc
- **Location:** 7400 Hub Parkway, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44125
- **NAICS:** 532412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee entered the side of a machine near the feed system. The feed system access door had been removed to install a window into the door and the interlock system had been bypassed. As the employee was clearing a misfeed and adjusting the feed arm the feed tray system activated catching the employee's head between the feed arm and feed tray causing a crushing injury.

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