# Crushing injuries at BELTSERVICE CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2022119805` · 11/8/2022 · EARTH CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BELTSERVICE CORPORATION
- **Location:** 4143 Rider Trail North, EARTH CITY, MISSOURI, 63045
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was securing a roll of conveyor belt with tape. The employee pushed the end of the tape onto the belt. The belt pulled the employee's hand between the belt and a separator bar, crushing the employee's right forearm and resulting in swelling that required hospitalization.

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