# Crushing injuries at The Hain Celestial Group Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018044089` · 4/27/2018 · MOUNTVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** The Hain Celestial Group Inc.
- **Location:** 3775 Hempland Road, MOUNTVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17554
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee used a stationary horizontal band saw to cut a piece of sheet metal about 15 feet long. When the employee went to move the piece of sheet metal, the end hit an adjacent portable band saw, causing the portable band saw to tip off its stand. The employee walked over to upright the tipped over portable band saw and it completely fell off the stand. As the portable band saw fell, the employee's finger was caught between the stand and the falling portable band saw, causing lacerations and crushing injuries to the left pinky finger, which required hospitalization and surgery.

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