# Crushing injuries at MACK CONCRETE INDUSTRIES, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20201010331` · 10/30/2020 · ASTATULA, FLORIDA
## 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:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** MACK CONCRETE INDUSTRIES, INC.
- **Location:** 23902 COUNTY ROAD 561, ASTATULA, FLORIDA, 34705
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was bending rebar on a rod bender machine. The machine malfunctioned causing the bender to jerk back and forth. The employee grabbed the rebar and his right thumb was crushed between the rebar and the bender stop.

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