# Crushing injuries at ND Paper, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023043069` · 4/6/2023 · OLD TOWN, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** ND Paper, LLC
- **Location:** 24 Portland St., OLD TOWN, MAINE, 04468
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a baler machine. As the employee went to clear a piece of wire from the machine, it cycled and penetrated their right arm, pinning them in place and resulting in crush injuries to their arm and hand. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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