# Fractures at Belltown Farms Hudson
> OSHA SIR `2023065684` · 6/26/2023 · STUYVESANT, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Balers-agricultural
## Employer
- **Name:** Belltown Farms Hudson
- **Location:** 327 CO 26A, STUYVESANT, NEW YORK, 12173
- **NAICS:** 111199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee 1 was making hay bales when the machine jammed. Employee 1 asked employee 2 for assistance. A lever was actuated causing the gate to move while employee 1 was in the machine. Employee 1 was crushed by the baler, resulting in fractured ribs.

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