# Crushing injuries at Ballie Lumber Company
> OSHA SIR `2023065287` · 6/15/2023 · SMYRNA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Planing mills
## Employer
- **Name:** Ballie Lumber Company
- **Location:** 2 East School St., SMYRNA, NEW YORK, 13464
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a planer machine when a wood board became stuck. As the employee went to free the piece of wood, two of their right-hand fingers were crushed between the belt and the guard.

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