# Crushing injuries at Altium Packaging LP
> OSHA SIR `2020043038` · 4/2/2020 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Altium Packaging LP
- **Location:** 6220 Duquesne Dr, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30336
- **NAICS:** 326160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing jammed plastic between an extrusion head and the top of molds when the mold clamp closed, crushing the employee's left-hand pinky, ring, and middle fingers. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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