# Fractures at Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019033209` · 3/27/2019 · STEELEVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation
- **Location:** 10 Industrial Dr, STEELEVILLE, ILLINOIS, 62288
- **NAICS:** 311823
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hammer to disrupt a bridge of sugar inside of a storage vessel. The employee was outside the vessel. The hammer was dropped into the 12" x 12" auger inspection opening. As the employee retrieved the hammer, the auger started and the employee sustained broken bones and lacerations.

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