# Fractures at North Delta Gin Co., LLC
> OSHA SIR `20201110590` · 11/9/2020 · MARKS, 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:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** North Delta Gin Co., LLC
- **Location:** 5135 Mississippi 6, MARKS, MISSISSIPPI, 38646
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a proximity switch when the cylinder for the cotton press engaged and the block on the latch pivoted and came down on the employee's left hand crushing it between the frame of the press and the block. The employee suffered three broken fingers and tendon damage.

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