# Crushing injuries at Ray White Lumber Company
> OSHA SIR `2020032413` · 3/13/2020 · SPARKMAN, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ray White Lumber Company
- **Location:** 318 North Commerce St., SPARKMAN, ARKANSAS, 71763
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was waxing metal slides so that lumber would slide over them better. The employee's left hand was crushed between two pieces of metal as they came together.

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