# Fractures at El Paso Prepared Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019099762` · 9/18/2019 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** El Paso Prepared Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 1101 Pendale Rd., EL PASO, TEXAS, 79907
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a tortilla mixer when the machine turned on. His right arm was then caught in the machine, resulting in a broken bone above the right wrist.

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