# Crushing injuries at Gem Manufacturing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010778` · 1/27/2016 · WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gem Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 78 Brookside Rd., WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, 06708
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's finger was pinned between a machine part and the frame of the machine. The employee was hospitalized and received treatment for crushing injuries.

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