# Crushing injuries at American Baler Company
> OSHA SIR `2023064842` · 6/1/2023 · BELLEVUE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **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:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** American Baler Company
- **Location:** 800 East Center Street, BELLEVUE, OHIO, 44811
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 6:25 a.m. on June 1, 2023, an employee was welding the door frame of a recycling baler. An overhead gantry crane was being used to move the frame into place, with the latch of the baler attached to the crane. The latch fell and crushed the employee's left thumb against the door frame.

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