# Fractures at Nichiha, USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109622` · 10/6/2017 · MACON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Nichiha, USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 3150 Avondale Mill Rd., MACON, GEORGIA, 31216
- **NAICS:** 327310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a board jam from a conveyor when the conveyor activated. The conveyor roll then struck him, fracturing one of his ribs, his pelvis, and the L1 and L3 vertebrae. He also suffered one cracked rib and body bruising.

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