# Fractures at VAM USA LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015074982` · 7/23/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** VAM USA LLC
- **Location:** 19210 East Hardy Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77073
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A pipe was on a conveyor roll and stopped (both the pipe and conveyor were stopped). An employee was about to put a plastic bump ring on the stationary pipe when another pipe was fed in and bumped the stationary pipe. The employee's arm got caught between the two pipes, resulting in compound fractures to the left arm and left hand.

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