# Fractures at Wayne Farms LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017098494` · 9/3/2017 · UNION SPRINGS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **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:** Wayne Farms LLC
- **Location:** 444 Baskin Street South, UNION SPRINGS, ALABAMA, 36089
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a bird from the bird chiller machine when the employee's right arm above the elbow was caught in the machine, fracturing and lacerating the upper right bicep. The employee was hospitalized. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time.

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