# Crushing injuries at GAETA RECYCLING CO INC
> OSHA SIR `2017010065` · 1/4/2017 · PATERSON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** GAETA RECYCLING CO INC
- **Location:** 278 W RAILWAY AVE, PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, 07503
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a spare engine when the engine was lowered onto the employee's foot, crushing it.

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