# Fractures at Smithfield Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021572` · 2/19/2016 · CRETE, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 2223 COUNTY ROAD I, CRETE, NEBRASKA, 68333
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pressing bacon when the press malfunctioned. While the employee was attempting to diagnose the problem, the machine cycled and crushed the employee's left hand in the point of operation, fracturing the pinky, ring, and thumb fingers and causing severe lacerations. The press was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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