# Fractures at AMERIMEX USA INC
> OSHA SIR `2015118781` · 11/19/2015 · ASHDOWN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** AMERIMEX USA INC
- **Location:** 285 Highway 71 South, ASHDOWN, ARKANSAS, 71822
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was winding up a 42 inch wide belt and got his foot caught between the belt guide on the conveyor and the belt. The employee's right leg was broken just above the ankle.

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