# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Komar
> OSHA SIR `2024032011` · 3/5/2024 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Komar
- **Location:** 2207 E Ontario Street, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19134
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a piece of metal from a metal cutting machine when the locking clamps engaged, crushing his left hand.

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