# Bruises, contusions at Winpak Portion Packaging, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211211084` · 12/27/2021 · SAUK VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** Winpak Portion Packaging, Inc.
- **Location:** 1111 Winpak Way, SAUK VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60411
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 9:00 a.m. on December 27, 2021, an employee was feeding a scrap sheet into a grinder when their right hand was caught between a bar (which kept tension on the sheet) and the steel frame of the machine guarding. The employee suffered bruising to the hand and was hospitalized.

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