# Pinched nerve at Flowers Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065379` · 6/18/2024 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Pinched nerve
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors belt, slot, chain
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** Flowers Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 4300 South 26th St, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19112
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the L-30 transfer conveyor belts with a rag and cleaning solution. The employee's arm tripped a sensor, causing the belts to close on their arm. The employee suffered nerve damage in their shoulder and arm and were hospitalized. The machine was not de-energized and lock out/tag out was performed.

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