# Fractures at Cenex Harvest States
> OSHA SIR `20171111239` · 11/25/2017 · BELLE CHASSE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cenex Harvest States
- **Location:** 434 E Ravenna Rd, BELLE CHASSE, LOUISIANA, 70037
- **NAICS:** 424510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was energizing an auger when the employee dropped a tool into the machine. While trying to retrieve the tool, the employee's hand was pulled into the auger's rotating equipment, breaking it.

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