# Fractures at Upstate Shredding, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022075982` · 7/9/2022 · OWEGO, NEW YORK
## 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:** Clothing, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Upstate Shredding, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Recycle Drive, OWEGO, NEW YORK, 13827
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an air wand to clear debris around equipment. An unguarded belt and pulley caught the sleeve of his safety vest and pulled his left arm into the conveyor end. The employee was hospitalized with a lower arm fracture and bilateral arm lacerations requiring surgery.

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