# Fractures at US GreenFiber, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023054705` · 5/26/2023 · WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** US GreenFiber, LLC
- **Location:** 157 Passan Drive, WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18702
- **NAICS:** 322299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sweeping near a conveyor. The conveyor grabbed the employee's push broom and pulled it in; the machine then caught both of the employee's hands. The employee suffered broken bones, lacerations, and contusions and was hospitalized, receiving surgery and stitches. The conveyor's guard had been moved away at the time of the incident.

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