# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at WEST LIBERTY FOODS, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `20181212619` · 12/8/2018 · BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** WEST LIBERTY FOODS, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 750 South Schmidt Road, BOLINGBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60440
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the belt on the meatball line. While removing a meatball from the moving metal conveyor their glove was caught in a nip point and the employee's left pinky finger sustained a fracture, torn ligaments and a severe laceration.

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