# Crushing injuries at McDaniel Metals Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016099151` · 9/28/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Punch presses
## Employer
- **Name:** McDaniel Metals Inc.
- **Location:** 1318 Buschong, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77039
- **NAICS:** 332322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a punch press, punching holes in nail plates. As she was doing this, the machine malfunctioned and a double stroke resulted. The employee attempted to free the nail plate from the machine and the ram plate came down and crushed her left hand. The employee was admitted to the hospital for surgery.

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