# Crushing injuries at Stella-Jones Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20231211663` · 12/27/2023 · BAY MINETTE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Grinders, abraders
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Stella-Jones Corporation
- **Location:** 1101 US 31, BAY MINETTE, ALABAMA, 36507
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

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