# Crushing injuries at Sonny Zito Recycling
> OSHA SIR `2017010557` · 1/18/2017 · SLATE HILL, NEW YORK
## 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Shearing machines
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Sonny Zito Recycling
- **Location:** 1815 Rt 284, SLATE HILL, NEW YORK, 10973
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's glove became caught in a shear machine, which crushed his index and middle fingers. He was hospitalized.

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