# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania
> OSHA SIR `2024032776` · 3/28/2024 · LEOLA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Dart Container Corporation of Pennsylvania
- **Location:** 60 East Main Street, LEOLA, PENNSYLVANIA, 17540
- **NAICS:** 326140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing plastic from the former when the platens closed on their left hand and arm, resulting in crushing injuries.

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