# Fractures at Harvest Rice
> OSHA SIR `2018032826` · 3/23/2018 · WEINER, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Harvest Rice
- **Location:** 434 Highway 158 West, WEINER, ARKANSAS, 72479
- **NAICS:** 311212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning at the exterior rice bins when the employee attempted to clean a drag conveyor. The employee's left hand was in the conveyor when it started, breaking the employee's left hand and forearm. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. The conveyor was unguarded at the time of the incident.

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