# Fractures at Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087540` · 8/12/2016 · HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Packers Sanitation Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 40253 US Hwy 14, HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57350
- **NAICS:** 561720
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a water hose to spray a conveyor. He observed a piece of meat in the conveyor and was attempting to remove it when his left arm was caught in the sprocket. He was hospitalized with a fractured left arm.

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