# Fractures at Simmons Prepared Foods Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018054469` · 5/8/2018 · DECATUR, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Simmons Prepared Foods Inc
- **Location:** 185 W Roller Ave., DECATUR, ARKANSAS, 72722
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was wiping off condensation from a drip pan located above the poultry processing machine. The employee reached his hand above the machine and his hand became wedged between a trolley rail and the machine resulting in a fracture to the employee's right arm and lacerations to the right hand.

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