# Fractures at Smithfield Fresh Meats Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099576` · 9/13/2019 · MILAN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Fresh Meats Inc.
- **Location:** 22123 Highway 5, MILAN, MISSOURI, 63556
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting in a test of a new pan line that was being installed when he was struck by a pan on the line and sustained a broken right hand.

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