# Crushing injuries at Martin Preferred Foods (Silver St)
> OSHA SIR `2020010118` · 1/6/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Martin Preferred Foods (Silver St)
- **Location:** 2011 Silver Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77007
- **NAICS:** 424420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing meat from a meat tenderizer. His gloved left hand was caught by the machine and carried through its teeth, where it was crushed and lacerated. He was hospitalized.

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