# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at HARMSCO INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017076387` · 7/11/2017 · WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** HARMSCO INC.
- **Location:** 7169 49 TERR., N, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33407
- **NAICS:** 333319
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to operate a metal shear. He was behind the machine when it cycled. The backstop came down and caught his hand between it and a material handling cart. He injured his right-hand palm and was hospitalized.

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