# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Air Flow Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241111011` · 11/27/2024 · HUEYTOWN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Air Flow Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 24 Park Avenue, HUEYTOWN, ALABAMA, 35023
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 27, 2024, an employee was crimping a 4 x 21-inch light-gauge steel sheet tube. She was clearing a jam when the foot pedal was pressed and the machine cycled, crushing her right index and middle fingertips between the crimper and the metal tube.

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