# Fractures and dislocations at Sanderson Farms, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019089050` · 8/31/2019 · HAMMOND, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Sanderson Farms, Inc.
- **Location:** 13111 Hwy 190, HAMMOND, LOUISIANA, 70401
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a ladder when his hand was caught in a shackle. He received a laceration to the right palm, near amputation to the right ring finger, and a fracture/dislocation of the right middle finger.

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