# Fractures at Milliken & Company
> OSHA SIR `20241110830` · 11/20/2024 · NICHOLLS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **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:** Milliken & Company
- **Location:** 2410 Georgia Highway 32 West, NICHOLLS, GEORGIA, 31554
- **NAICS:** 313310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing yarn that had wrapped around a gear-driven conveyor belt when his left arm got pulled between the belt and a roller. The employee sustained a fractured arm, as well as lacerations and abrasions.

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