# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Wharton County Foods LLC CAL- MAINE Foods CO.
> OSHA SIR `2015052727` · 5/8/2015 · BOLING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Wharton County Foods LLC CAL- MAINE Foods CO.
- **Location:** 4429 FM 442, BOLING, TEXAS, 77420
- **NAICS:** 112310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee processing manure attempted to adjust a conveyor belt. The belt was in motion at the time. As he lifted the latch to lock it into place, the bracket bar spun 180 degrees and struck the employee in the lower leg.

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