# Fractures at NATIONAL BEEF PACKING CO. LP
> OSHA SIR `20171211611` · 12/7/2017 · LIBERAL, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** NATIONAL BEEF PACKING CO. LP
- **Location:** 1501 E. EIGHTH ST., LIBERAL, KANSAS, 67901
- **NAICS:** 492210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing bags on a conveyor when a bag became stuck between the conveyor and the slide. As he attempted to dislodge the bag, the conveyor belt fractured and lacerated his right thumb.

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