# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at Agtegra Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `20241110665` · 11/15/2024 · ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA
## 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  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
## Employer
- **Name:** Agtegra Cooperative
- **Location:** 105 392nd Avenue, ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57401
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While removing a grain blockage from the gate that allows grain to flow from a bin to a reclaim conveyor, an employee's hand was crushed by the closing gate. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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