# Fractures at Elmer Candy Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20211210424` · 12/4/2021 · PONCHATOULA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Elmer Candy Corporation
- **Location:** 401 North 5th Street, PONCHATOULA, LOUISIANA, 70454
- **NAICS:** 311352
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at her station scraping a molding tray when she dropped the scraper into a conveyor. When she attempted to retrieve the scraper, her right hand became caught in the conveyor belt, resulting in lacerations and fractures.

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