"Hann called the [conveyor] belt company... and learned they were adjusted to 2,500 foot-pounds of force" Somewhere there is confusion, either from me or the j

"Hann called the [conveyor] belt company... and learned they were adjusted to 2,500 foot-pounds of force" Somewhere there is confusion, either from me or the journalist. Depending on the context, foot-pounds are a unit of either torque or work, but not force. Who's confused here?