# Crushing injuries at THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2023087126` · 8/7/2023 · JONESBORO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION
- **Location:** 5601 EAST HIGHLAND DRIVE, JONESBORO, ARKANSAS, 72401
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was making adjustments to a swaging machine. As she was changing the mandrel, her right hand was wedged between the top plate and the mandrel, resulting in a crush injury that required surgery.

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