# Crushing injuries at Cerro Flow Products, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022086774` · 8/2/2022 · EAST SAINT LOUIS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Cerro Flow Products, LLC
- **Location:** 3000 Mississippi Avenue, EAST SAINT LOUIS, ILLINOIS, 62206
- **NAICS:** 331421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a baler. The baler jammed; as he tried to clear it, it crushed his right hand.

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