# Crushing injuries at Apache Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021273` · 2/9/2023 · SILSBEE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Apache Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 1012 JOHN HARE RD, SILSBEE, TEXAS, 77656
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hammering exposed nails on pallets. The employee pushed a pallet down the conveyor line with his right hand. His left middle and ring fingers were pulled into the conveyor chain and crushed.

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