# Crushing injuries at Grand Rapids Foam Technologies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065359` · 6/1/2018 · MCALLEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Grand Rapids Foam Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** 6100 International Parkway Suite 100, MCALLEN, TEXAS, 78503
- **NAICS:** 326150
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a baler to compress scape foam for disposal when his left arm was pinched/crushed between the bailer door and the bailer ram.

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