# Fractures at Reef Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016087068` · 8/1/2016 · SAN BENITO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Reef Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1951 Amistad Dr., SAN BENITO, TEXAS, 78586
- **NAICS:** 326130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A winding shaft on the slitter machine was cutting larger rolls into smaller rolls when an employee noticed there was a wrinkle in the material. When he tried to correct the wrinkle, his left arm was caught between the winder and the material, breaking it. The machine was running 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*