# Crushing injuries at American Maplan Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20221110435` · 11/30/2022 · MCPHERSON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** American Maplan Corporation
- **Location:** 823 S Bypass Rd, MCPHERSON, KANSAS, 67460
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching under the base of a plastic extrusion machine to adjust the leveling foot. The leveling foot broke and the extruder platform fell on the employee's right forearm, resulting in a laceration 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*