# Fractures at Starcon, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191212987` · 12/18/2019 · NEW LENOX, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Starcon, Inc.
- **Location:** 2100 Ellis Road, NEW LENOX, ILLINOIS, 60451
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing three guards to access the adjustment knuckles on a conveyor belt. While the employee was observing the belt, he fell forward toward the conveyor. His left arm landed on top of one of the conveyor rollers and was pulled under it, sustaining a compound fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

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