# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Wedgworth's Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024064978` · 6/6/2024 · MOORE HAVEN, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Wedgworth's Inc.
- **Location:** 28033 US Highway 27, MOORE HAVEN, FLORIDA, 33471
- **NAICS:** 325314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While cleaning a conveyor belt with a scraper, an employee came in contact with the moving conveyor belt and his left arm became trapped in the tripper unit. He suffered fractures and severe friction burns to both wrists, and severe friction burns to the upper left thigh.

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