# Fractures at Kerry Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010201` · 1/9/2017 · MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Kerry Inc.
- **Location:** 3141 W. North Avenue, MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS, 60160
- **NAICS:** 311822
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unclogging material from a flour hopper when a pneumatic gate fractured his right thumb. The gate was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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