# Crushing injuries at Thule North America
> OSHA SIR `20201110395` · 11/2/2020 · SEYMOUR, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Thule North America
- **Location:** 42 Silver Mine Road, SEYMOUR, CONNECTICUT, 06483
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading parts onto the read side of a piercing and bending machine when the machine was engaged. The employee sustained a crushing injury to her thumb.

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