# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Eakas Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20241110747` · 11/18/2024 · PERU, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Clothing
## Employer
- **Name:** Eakas Corporation
- **Location:** 6251 ROUTE 251, PERU, ILLINOIS, 61354
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right pant leg was caught by a motorized pallet. She fell down backwards and her lower leg was stuck under the pallet for a few minutes. Her leg was pinched between the carrier frame and the guide rails in front of the inspection station. She was hospitalized and required surgery. Machine guarding was not in place at the time.

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