# Crushing injuries at Boise Cascade
> OSHA SIR `20161110358` · 11/2/2016 · LENA, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Boise Cascade
- **Location:** 8835 Highway 1 North, LENA, LOUISIANA, 71447
- **NAICS:** 321213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to dislodge a piece of veneer that was caught in a machine when her glove was pulled into the drive gears in the lower in-feed belt. Her right index finger was pinched and smashed by the drive gears. The machine was running and guarded at the time of the incident.

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