# Crushing injuries at TA Textiles, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2018088946` · 8/29/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(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:** TA Textiles, LLC.
- **Location:** 6104 Donoho St, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77033
- **NAICS:** 448190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing plastic film on top of a textile baling machine. The baler was activated and its top plate crushed the employee's right hand. The employee was hospitalized.

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