# Fractures at Peco Foods, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018021271` · 2/7/2018 · NEWARK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Peco Foods, Inc
- **Location:** 318 South Locust Street, NEWARK, ARKANSAS, 72562
- **NAICS:** 493130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing belts on the grain elevator gearbox. While removing the belts, the belt tensioner released striking the employee's right forearm resulting in lacerations and a broken bone. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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