# Fractures at SANDERSON FARMS
> OSHA SIR `2018021774` · 2/21/2018 · COLLINS, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** SANDERSON FARMS
- **Location:** 1111 NORTH FIR, COLLINS, MISSISSIPPI, 39428
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a heart and liver machine and raised a cover to remove chicken parts. His right hand contacted the moving machine parts, resulting in an open fracture to the third finger. The machine was not shut down at the time.

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