# Fractures at Wonderful Citrus Packing LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024032715` · 3/26/2024 · MISSION, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** Wonderful Citrus Packing LLC
- **Location:** 4000 E Goodwin Rd, MISSION, TEXAS, 78574
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 26, 2024, at 8:04 a.m., a temporary employee was retrieving a grapefruit that became lodged between two belt conveyors when her forearm was pulled in between the opening of the two conveyors. This resulted in a fractured wrist and fractured fingers. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery. The machine was unguarded at the time.

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