# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Charter Next Generation, llc
> OSHA SIR `2024021249` · 2/9/2024 · LEXINGTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Industrial printing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Cleaning handtools  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Next Generation, llc
- **Location:** 230 Industrial Drive, LEXINGTON, OHIO, 44904
- **NAICS:** 326112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 9, 2024, at 1:30 a.m., an employee was using a rag to clean the nip roller of a print press when their rag got caught between the rollers, causing their right hand to become caught in the rollers. The employee suffered crush injuries that included nerve and tendon injuries requiring hospitalization and surgery. The press was energized at the time of the incident.

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