# Crushing injuries at Freeport McMoran
> OSHA SIR `2022119646` · 11/3/2022 · PHOENIX, ARIZONA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Freeport McMoran
- **Location:** 333 N. Central Avenue, PHOENIX, ARIZONA, 85004
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out a conveyor belt chute when the hinged access door fell, striking the employee's right hand. The employee sustained a crushing injury to the hand and a laceration to the palm.

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