# Fractures at Sanderson Farms Inc, Processing Division
> OSHA SIR `2023065437` · 6/20/2023 · BRYAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sanderson Farms Inc, Processing Division
- **Location:** 2000 Shiloh Avenue, BRYAN, TEXAS, 77803
- **NAICS:** 112320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing service and maintenance on a chiller machine. While placing the screen back onto the chiller, the machine started up, causing the employee's left leg to become caught by the paddle. They sustained a left tibia fracture.

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