# Fractures at Empirical Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023054506` · 5/20/2023 · SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Empirical Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 6001 Dakota Avenue, SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA, 68776
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning and inspecting an in-feed conveyor belt when their right arm was caught in the conveyor drive chain and sprocket, resulting in fractures and lacerations.

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