# Fractures at LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2019010556` · 1/16/2019 · FORT MORGAN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** LEPRINO FOODS COMPANY
- **Location:** 2400 EAST BEAVER AVENUE, FORT MORGAN, COLORADO, 80701
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rinsing cheese conveyor belts when he saw a piece of cheese on a weigh belt and attempted to remove it. His arm was then caught in the weigh belt, resulting in a broken forearm. The weigh belt was guarded 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*