# Crushing injuries at Central Maintenance and Welding Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015031490` · 3/26/2015 · LITHIA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Maintenance and Welding Inc.
- **Location:** 2620 E. Keysville Rd, LITHIA, FLORIDA, 33547
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing dies on a 400-ton Accupress brake press when one of the lifting bars slipped off the die and crushed the employee's hand between the base of the press and the die.

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