# Fractures at Lawler Foods, LTD
> OSHA SIR `20191010348` · 10/3/2019 · HUMBLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Sheets, towels, linens, bedding
## Employer
- **Name:** Lawler Foods, LTD
- **Location:** 2200 S. Houston Ave., HUMBLE, TEXAS, 77396
- **NAICS:** 311412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the belt to a metal detector. While she was cleaning underneath the machine, the roller to the belt grabbed the towel she was using and pulled her right hand and forearm into the roller, causing an open right upper extremity fracture. The conveyor was not turned off at the time of the incident.

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