# Fractures at Emmaus Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018076868` · 7/9/2018 · ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Emmaus Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 661 Railroad Avenue, ALBERTVILLE, ALABAMA, 35950
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning breading out of an auger when their hand was caught in the machinery. The employee suffered a fracture injury to the left hand and arm. The machine's guard had been removed at the time of the incident.

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