# Fractures at SANDERSON FARMS INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019088321` · 8/13/2019 · HAZLEHURST, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** SANDERSON FARMS INC.
- **Location:** 28163 HWY. 28, HAZLEHURST, MISSISSIPPI, 39083
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee working on the de-bone line was cleaning out her work area when her right hand got caught in a small space between the guard and the shaft of the conveyor belt. She sustained a right thumb abrasion and fractured right index finger.

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