# Fractures at BUFFAO WIRE WORKS
> OSHA SIR `2015097216` · 9/14/2015 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** BUFFAO WIRE WORKS
- **Location:** 1165 Clinton Street, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14206
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An operator leaned into the loom to adjust a pin.  The beater bar came back on the operator and broke his ribs. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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