# Fractures at Universal Textile Technologies, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015042430` · 4/28/2015 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Textile Technologies, LLC
- **Location:** 204 W. INDUSTRIAL BLVD., DALTON, GEORGIA, 30720
- **NAICS:** 314999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was working as a roll up operator and placed his foot on a roll of carpet which was on the cradle. The carpet rolled onto the employee's right leg, breaking the tibia and fibula.

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