# Fractures at La-Z-Boy
> OSHA SIR `2018021145` · 2/3/2018 · NEWTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** La-Z-Boy
- **Location:** 9482 Eastside Drive Extension, NEWTON, MISSISSIPPI, 39345
- **NAICS:** 337122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was aligning a new fabric belt that was installed on a conveyor system. While handing a tool to a helper, the employee's left hand was caught between the conveyor belt and the tension roller. The employee suffered multiple fractures and abrasions to the left hand, requiring hospitalization.

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