# Fractures at Sterling Sugars Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110232` · 11/2/2024 · FRANKLIN, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **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:** Sterling Sugars Inc.
- **Location:** 611 Irish Bend Road, FRANKLIN, LOUISIANA, 70538
- **NAICS:** 311314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting a mechanic with applying lime to a slipping conveyor belt when the employee's upper right arm was caught in the tail roller of the belt. The employee sustained a compound fracture of the upper arm.

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