# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Talladega Foundry & Mach Co
> OSHA SIR `2024109540` · 10/14/2024 · TALLADEGA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Casting machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Talladega Foundry & Mach Co
- **Location:** 726 Stone Avenue, TALLADEGA, ALABAMA, 35160
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was breaking and detaching iron castings from a runner machine. One of the castings jammed and he reached to hold the casting with his left hand when his little finger was pinched between the casting and the runner, resulting in crush injuries.

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