# Crushing injuries at Westport Axle Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20161211833` · 12/21/2016 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Product assembly machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Westport Axle Corporation
- **Location:** 650 Boulder Drive, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18103
- **NAICS:** 333924
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee on a production line was installing a chassis bumper when the chassis from down the line pinned him between the two chassis, crushing his back.

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