# Fractures at Michelin North America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016098619` · 9/12/2016 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Michelin North America, Inc.
- **Location:** 5101 21st Street, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating machinery that re-rolls tire liners. She was observing a liner being wound at the machine and was adjusting the liner when her gloved hand was caught in the winding liner, fracturing her right forearm.

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