# Crushing injuries at First Quality Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010119` · 1/7/2016 · HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Slitters, winders-paper production
## Employer
- **Name:** First Quality Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 500 Oakridge Road, HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
- **NAICS:** 322291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee entered the slitter machine area to cut off a piece of material. The machine was running at the time.  The employee's left hand and forearm were crushed between two rollers on the machine, requiring hospitalization.

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