# Fractures at HP Hood LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024076412` · 7/15/2024 · BATAVIA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Conveyors roller, wheel
- **Secondary source:** Shoes, socks, footwear
## Employer
- **Name:** HP Hood LLC
- **Location:** 5140 Ag Park Drive West, BATAVIA, NEW YORK, 14020
- **NAICS:** 311511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed on top of a roller conveyor to visually assess a suspected fractured pallet that was being conveyed to the finished products warehouse. The employee's safety toecap of his boot got caught in a 4-inch-wide gap separating sections of the conveyor rollers, causing him to twist his leg and fall. The employee suffered a fractured femur and finger.

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