# Fractures at Wald Family Foods
> OSHA SIR `2024010086` · 1/4/2024 · MCPHERSON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Dairy products
## Employer
- **Name:** Wald Family Foods
- **Location:** 1144 Bridger Court, MCPHERSON, KANSAS, 67460
- **NAICS:** 445299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to remove hard, melted cheese from a sprocket on a conveyor belt system when his arm was caught by the belt and sprocket and pulled into machine. The employee sustained a broken right forearm.

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