# Fractures and dislocations at Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017010207` · 1/8/2017 · MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, LLC
- **Location:** 18746 Mill Street, MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16335
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An extrusion machine became backed up. Employees dissipated the energy and were going to remove the machine's die plate when a pressure buildup caused the plate to blow off and strike an employee in the right arm. He fell onto his left side, fracturing three ribs and separating his right shoulder.

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