# Crushing injuries at La Feria Co-Op Gin & Supply
> OSHA SIR `2023098394` · 9/11/2023 · HARLINGEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** La Feria Co-Op Gin & Supply
- **Location:** 14415 U.S. 83 Business, HARLINGEN, TEXAS, 78550
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was observing a bale press machine when a bale didn't get kicked out onto the conveyor. The employee went to push the bale out and the bottom ram came up and trapped their hand between the top ram and the bale. The employee sustained a crush injury to their hand.

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