# Crushing injuries at DRS SUSTAINMENT SYSTEM, INC
> OSHA SIR `2016087569` · 8/12/2016 · WEST PLAINS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** DRS SUSTAINMENT SYSTEM, INC
- **Location:** 1 MCDANIEL STREET, WEST PLAINS, MISSOURI, 65775
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a smashed right index finger while operating a tube-bending machine, requiring hospitalization.

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