# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Madison Polymeric Engineering, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065417` · 6/18/2024 · BRANFORD, CONNECTICUT
## 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:** Stamping machinery, presses  except printing
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Madison Polymeric Engineering, Inc.
- **Location:** 965 West Main Street, BRANFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06405
- **NAICS:** 326150
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a 55-ton hydraulic press and loading foam products into the press. When the press cycled, their left hand was crushed in the press.

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