# Crushing injuries at HEXPOL Compounding Kennedale Texas
> OSHA SIR `2022065689` · 6/29/2022 · KENNEDALE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** HEXPOL Compounding Kennedale Texas
- **Location:** 635 Tower Drive, KENNEDALE, TEXAS, 76060
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding rubber back into a vertical rubber calender when their right hand was caught in a nip point between calender rolls. The hand and fingers were crushed.

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