# Sprains and cuts at Hormel Foods Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2022119653` · 11/3/2022 · TUCKER, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains and cuts
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hormel Foods Corporation
- **Location:** 3367 Montreal Industrial Way, TUCKER, GEORGIA, 30084
- **NAICS:** 424420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a jam in a baking mold press when their hand became caught. The employee was hospitalized for a wrist sprain and hand injury that required stitches.

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