# Crushing injuries at US Sugar Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `2022010236` · 1/10/2022 · CLEWISTON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** US Sugar Manufacturing
- **Location:** 1731 S W.C. Owen Ave, CLEWISTON, FLORIDA, 33440
- **NAICS:** 311314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting the inside of a door to a conveyor that had just been cleaned to remove a clog. When he gripped the door, the hinges broke loose from the welds. The door fell, and the employee was trapped between it and a handrail. He suffered a crushed left index finger.

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