# Fractures at Nestle Purina - Hartwell, GA
> OSHA SIR `2021098278` · 9/25/2021 · HARTWELL, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Nestle Purina - Hartwell, GA
- **Location:** 266 Industrial Park Road, HARTWELL, GEORGIA, 30643
- **NAICS:** 311119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a metal pallet that was stuck on a filler line when a sensor triggered and the filler actuated, pinning the employee between the machine and the base layer of the pallet. The employee suffered four broken vertebrae and a fractured sternum.

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