# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Advanced Industrial Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109606` · 10/16/2024 · ELIZABETHTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Agitators, mixers earth, mineral
- **Secondary source:** Augers  except conveyor
## Employer
- **Name:** Advanced Industrial Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 295 Brown Street, ELIZABETHTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17022
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing the auger inside an open mixer. When the auger was set inside the outer shaft, it moved back into place, dropping down approximately 2 to 4 inches. The employee was still holding onto the auger, and his left little finger was crushed.

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