# Fractures at Biltrite Ripley Operations, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017065986` · 6/29/2017 · RIPLEY, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Biltrite Ripley Operations, LLC
- **Location:** 16310 Hwy 15 N., RIPLEY, MISSISSIPPI, 38663
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a gasket that was caught between a conveyor belt and pulley when his left forearm was caught and fractured in the conveyor pulley.

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