# Fractures at American Crystal Sugar Company
> OSHA SIR `2023076469` · 7/19/2023 · HILLSBORO, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Crystal Sugar Company
- **Location:** 121 Highway 81 NE, HILLSBORO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58045
- **NAICS:** 311313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a machine and went to move a piece. A part of a cylinder released, crushing the employee's right index finger and resulting in a fracture that required surgery.

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