# Fractures at LASALLE BIOENERGY LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181212713` · 12/11/2018 · URANIA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-chain
## Employer
- **Name:** LASALLE BIOENERGY LLC
- **Location:** 4915 Highway 125, URANIA, LOUISIANA, 71480
- **NAICS:** 488510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a drag chain conveyor. The equipment started and the employee was struck by the drag chain paddles causing fractures to both legs that required surgery and two fractured ribs. The conveyor was not locked out 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*