# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Covanta Palm Beach Resource Recovery, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024043044` · 4/7/2024 · WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Separating and conversion  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Covanta Palm Beach Resource Recovery, LLC
- **Location:** 6501 N Jog Rd, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33412
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the turbine control governor on the servo when the governor rack moved and caught their left thumb between the block and connection arms. This crushed and lacerated the thumb.

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