# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at PRESIDENT CONTAINER GROUP
> OSHA SIR `2015118658` · 11/16/2015 · MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Textiles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PRESIDENT CONTAINER GROUP
- **Location:** 290 BALLARD ROAD, MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK, 10940
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a machine using a rag. The rag got caught in a nip point, and the employee's right hand was pulled into the machine. He was hospitalized with injuries to his palm and three middle fingers. The machine was running and unguarded at the time of the incident.

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