# Crushing injuries at Eaton Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023087496` · 8/16/2023 · KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinding, polishing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Eaton Corporation
- **Location:** 4200 Hwy 30 East, KEARNEY, NEBRASKA, 68847
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a jet wheel blaster and putting dies into the machine when their thumb was caught between the moving table and a fixed part. The employee sustained a crush injury to the finger.

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