# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at K&N Engineering Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025010117` · 1/6/2025 · GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS
## 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:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** K&N Engineering Inc
- **Location:** 741 Refuge Way, GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS, 75050
- **NAICS:** 333413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a filter from inside a mold when a switch malfunctioned and the mold clamped on his left hand, crushing it. The employee was hospitalized.

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