# Crushing injuries at Hormel Foods
> OSHA SIR `20161110605` · 11/10/2016 · FREMONT, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Packaging, bottling, wrapping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hormel Foods
- **Location:** 900 S Platte Ave, FREMONT, NEBRASKA, 68025
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inside a packaging machine. The operator did not see him and activated the machine. He was crushed and suffered spinal injuries. The machine was guarded 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*