# Fractures at Tip Top Poultry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021756` · 2/23/2017 · MARIETTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Tip Top Poultry, Inc.
- **Location:** 327 Wallace Road, MARIETTA, GEORGIA, 30065
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was waiting for the operator to start-up the machine and had her right hand resting flat on top of the turn-wheel, partially supporting her weight. When the operator started the machine, the turn-wheel rotated her right hand towards the opening where the giblets drop to be pushed into the package. As a result, her hand entered the opening as the push arm was actuated causing fractures to some small hand bones and a 1/4" puncture (depth) wound to the back of her hand from a bolt.

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