# Crushing injuries at Rent A Center
> OSHA SIR `2019032811` · 3/18/2019 · RAYTOWN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Delivery truck or van
## Employer
- **Name:** Rent A Center
- **Location:** 9059 East Highway 350, RAYTOWN, MISSOURI, 64133
- **NAICS:** 532210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A Rent-A-Center employee was picking up a couch from an offsite location. His right wrist was caught and crushed between a truck and its lift gate.

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