# Fractures at Dupont Yard, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010526` · 1/17/2018 · HOMERVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
- **Secondary source:** Clothing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Dupont Yard, Inc.
- **Location:** 4153 Bypass Road, HOMERVILLE, GEORGIA, 31634
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to unjam a piece of lumber from an energized chain conveyor when part of his clothing became caught in the conveyor chain. He was pulled into the conveyor until it was stopped by another worker, suffering a right-hand laceration, head laceration, and fractured rib(s).

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