# Fractures at Lopez Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022097950` · 9/7/2022 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Lopez Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 9500 NW 4th Street, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73127
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing meat from a conveyor. The employee's glove caught a sprocket on the belt drive bar, causing the employee's left hand to be wrapped around the bar. The employee suffered a compound fracture to the forearm near the wrist.

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