# Crushing injuries at Emmaus Foods LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019055096` · 5/20/2019 · ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Trash compactors
## Employer
- **Name:** Emmaus Foods LLC
- **Location:** 661 Railroad Avenue, ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35950
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was compacting cardboard and crushed their left ring and pinky fingers in the compactor's safety gate.

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