# Crushing injuries at Pepsi Beverage Company
> OSHA SIR `2015107704` · 10/15/2015 · PONTOTOC, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Pepsi Beverage Company
- **Location:** 620 East President Ave., PONTOTOC, MISSISSIPPI, 38863
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering the gate on a baler when the fifth digit on her left hand got crushed, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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