# Fractures at Sanderson Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171212015` · 12/18/2017 · BRYAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Sanderson Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 2000 Shiloh Avenue, BRYAN, TEXAS, 77803
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to grab a box top that was across a conveyor when the employee's right hand contacted the conveyor frame. The employee's right middle fingertip was then caught and fractured between the conveyor guide and the belt, requiring overnight hospitalization.

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