# Fractures at Caviness Beef Packers Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2021108950` · 10/17/2021 · HEREFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Caviness Beef Packers Ltd.
- **Location:** 3255 W. Hwy. 60, HEREFORD, TEXAS, 79045
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing preventative maintenance on a chain line when his right hand was pinched by the chain, resulting in a fracture.

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