# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Walgreens
> OSHA SIR `20241211741` · 12/19/2024 · LAKE PLACID, FLORIDA
## 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:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Walgreens
- **Location:** 2 U.S. 27 S, LAKE PLACID, FLORIDA, 33852
- **NAICS:** 446110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a baler and making a bale when their left hand was crushed in the baler.

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