# Crushing injuries at Evergreen Sweetener
> OSHA SIR `2023098463` · 9/13/2023 · SANFORD, FLORIDA
## 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:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Evergreen Sweetener
- **Location:** 2200 Country club rd, SANFORD, FLORIDA, 32771
- **NAICS:** 333241
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was filling bulk bags of sugar. He went to clean a magnet on a sugar packaging machine and his right hand was caught and crushed by the machine.

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