# Fractures at Hyponex Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024032159` · 3/9/2024 · VANCE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Hyponex Corporation
- **Location:** 10638 Mount Moriah Road, VANCE, ALABAMA, 35490
- **NAICS:** 325314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing work on a conveyor belt when his arm got caught in the chain of the belt's operational arm, resulting in a fracture.

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