# Crushing injuries at Falcon Plastics
> OSHA SIR `2023076550` · 7/21/2023 · MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Falcon Plastics
- **Location:** 605 7th Street Southwest, MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57042
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a skiving machine on long pieces of foam when excess plastic became caught around the rollers. The employee went to clear the plastic when his right hand was pulled into the machine, resulting in a crush injury.

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