# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024032068` · 3/6/2024 · TIFTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple arm locations
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
- **Location:** 420 Southwell Blvd., TIFTON, GEORGIA, 31794
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee entered an interlocking gate to adjust a part when the gate malfunctioned and the brake press crushed his right arm up to the elbow. The employee was hospitalized and underwent surgery on his arm with multiple fractures. Later the employee underwent another surgery where his arm was amputated below the elbow due to complications.

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