# Crushing injuries at Retriev Technologies
> OSHA SIR `2015096552` · 9/9/2015 · LANCASTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Gears
- **Secondary source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Retriev Technologies
- **Location:** 265 QUARRY RD. SE, LANCASTER, OHIO, 43130
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While setting a gearbox in the motor for a tank mixer, an employee's hand got caught between the gearbox and mounting plate. The employee's left hand was crushed.

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