# Crushing injuries at MIDWEST CONTAINER
> OSHA SIR `2020021960` · 2/28/2020 · BARNHART, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MIDWEST CONTAINER
- **Location:** 1700 STAHL ROAD, BARNHART, MISSOURI, 63012
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was monitoring machines on the production floor when he noticed plastic sticking to the head of the machine. As the employee tried to remove the plastic, the machine clamp closed on and crushed his left hand.

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