# Bruises, contusions at BEF Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022043582` · 4/26/2022 · XENIA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** BEF Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 640 Birch Rd., XENIA, OHIO, 45385
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a sausage linker when it started to tip over. The employee ran into another piece of equipment and was then hit by the linker. The employee suffered a hematoma and a blunt impact to the left leg and a cut on the little finger, and was hospitalized.

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