# Fractures at JBS Souderton, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211211136` · 12/29/2021 · SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** JBS Souderton, Inc.
- **Location:** 249 Allentown Road, SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18964
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove a plastic bag from inside a piece of equipment. A small serpentine belt inside of the unit activated, pulling her sleeve and right arm into the machine. The employee sustained a fracture and a laceration to her lower right arm.

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