# Fractures at Black River Commodities, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021064998` · 6/18/2021 · POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-screw, auger
## Employer
- **Name:** Black River Commodities, LLC
- **Location:** 910 Townsend Drive, POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS, 72455
- **NAICS:** 115114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a screw conveyor with a shovel. He slipped into the auger, and the conveyor lacerated the arch of his right foot and broke some bones. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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