# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at MAV-TEC Testing Laboratories, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025076706` · 7/10/2025 · CORPUS CHRISTI, 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:** Sanding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** MAV-TEC Testing Laboratories, LLC
- **Location:** 618 Diamond Cut Drive, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78409
- **NAICS:** 541380
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a horizontal belt sanding machine that rotates a metal sanding belt. The employee switched hands while the belt transitioned from left to right. When the machine's speed was adjusted, the employee s left hand was pulled into the machine and crushed. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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