# Crushing injuries at Sysco Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20190910054` · 9/25/2019 · DENVER, COLORADO
## 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:** Dumbwaiters
## Employer
- **Name:** Sysco Corporation
- **Location:** 5000 Beeler Street, DENVER, COLORADO, 80238
- **NAICS:** 424420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading food into a dumbwaiter. The dumbwaiter's doors smashed the employee's right thumb while closing.

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