# Crushing injuries at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010038` · 1/4/2016 · OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 4949 Highway 90 West, OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA, 31068
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was working on a transfer auger when the auger crushed his right leg, resulting in hospitalization.

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