# Crushing injuries at Planters Cotton Oil Mill
> OSHA SIR `2021053652` · 5/3/2021 · PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-screw, auger
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Planters Cotton Oil Mill
- **Location:** 2901 Planters Drive, PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS, 71601
- **NAICS:** 311224
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a metal rod to unclog an auger system that had clogged with cotton lint. The machine caught the rod and crushed his right middle finger. He was hospitalized.

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