# Crushing injuries at Esco Group, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019011044` · 1/29/2019 · NEWTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Casting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Esco Group, LLC
- **Location:** 9098 Eastside Dr. Extension, NEWTON, MISSISSIPPI, 39345
- **NAICS:** 333513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to free a stuck casting from the casting feeder hopper door. The employee sprayed lubricant on the casting and the casting freed from the door. The employee's right forearm was inside the casting feeder hopper door when the casting was freed and the door closed on and crushed his forearm.

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