# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Branding Iron Holdings Inc dba Holten Meat Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024043522` · 4/23/2024 · SAUGET, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Branding Iron Holdings Inc dba Holten Meat Inc
- **Location:** 1682 Sauget Business Blvd, SAUGET, ILLINOIS, 62206
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a metal detector transfer belt when their glove was caught by a moving chain and their left hand was pulled into a gear. The hand was crushed, resulting in hospitalization.

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