# Crushing injuries at Motor Castings Company
> OSHA SIR `2015129544` · 12/16/2015 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
## Employer
- **Name:** Motor Castings Company
- **Location:** 1323 South 65th Street, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53214
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting an upper and lower flask of a mold trying to get the upper flask to seat on the lower flask properly. The flasks came together and crushed the employee's hands.

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