# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Sage V Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024010784` · 1/25/2024 · LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** Sage V Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 5901 Sloane Drive, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72206
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a conveyor for maintenance. The motor for the section he was working on was deenergized. The conveyor section that feeds the section that he was working on was not deenergized. A tote moved across the section being worked on and the employee's left middle and index fingers got caught in the chain and sprocket. The fingers were cut and crushed.

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