# Crushing injuries at Sanderson Farms, Inc. - Laurel Processing
> OSHA SIR `2019077210` · 7/16/2019 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Sanderson Farms, Inc. - Laurel Processing
- **Location:** 2535 Sanderson Drive, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39440
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been inspecting a leg processor machine. While adjusting a water sprayer hose on the machine, their right hand was caught and crushed in a moving gripper chain.

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