# Fractures at Northrop Grumman Ammunition Plant
> OSHA SIR `2021065015` · 6/20/2021 · INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Northrop Grumman Ammunition Plant
- **Location:** 25201 MO-78, INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, 64056
- **NAICS:** 332993
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning out metal cup casings around a chain, sprocket, and rotating shaft during maintenance. The machine was turned on while the employee's hand was in a pinch point. The employee's fingers were caught in the machine's chain and sprocket, and the employee suffered a broken right arm and possible finger amputations.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*