# Crushing injuries at MIDSTATE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2020032262` · 3/10/2020 · GALESBURG, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** MIDSTATE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
- **Location:** 750 W 3RD STREET, GALESBURG, ILLINOIS, 61401
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 10, 2020, an employee was forming retainer parts on a 90-ton brake press. The press dropped onto the first three fingers of his right hand, crushing them. He was hospitalized.

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