# Fractures at HBD/Thermoid, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021442` · 2/16/2016 · BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** HBD/Thermoid, Inc.
- **Location:** 1301 W. Sandusky St, BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO, 43311
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 16, 2016, an employee suffered a fractured left forearm when their arm was pulled into a hose puller at the reeler end of line 8 in the extrusion department.

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