# Fractures at Emporium Hardwoods Operating Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020065707` · 6/18/2020 · EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Emporium Hardwoods Operating Company, LLC
- **Location:** 15970 Route 120, EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA, 15834
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to clean up around a conveyor belt area. Another employee turned the conveyor on so it could move and clear some material. The employee attempted to remove a large piece of bark under the conveyor. His left arm was caught in the moving parts under the conveyor. He was hospitalized with a broken left arm and required surgery.

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