# Fractures at Koch Foods
> OSHA SIR `2017076957` · 7/25/2017 · MORTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Koch Foods
- **Location:** 410 Koch Drive, MORTON, MISSISSIPPI, 39117
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a broken link on a flat breader machine's conveyor belt when a coworker activated the machine. The machine then fractured two of the employee's left-hand fingers.

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