# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Myers Industries Elkhart Plastics
> OSHA SIR `2022065340` · 6/19/2022 · LITTLETON, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Parts and materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Plastic injection molding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Myers Industries Elkhart Plastics
- **Location:** 8257 Blakeland Drive, LITTLETON, COLORADO, 80125
- **NAICS:** 326191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A 120-pound piece of molded plastic fell from a molding machine and struck an employee's thumb. The employee was hospitalized with a thumb injury.

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