# Fractures at Lhoist North America
> OSHA SIR `2016098878` · 9/19/2016 · ORANGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Lhoist North America
- **Location:** 242 Vikki Drive, ORANGE, TEXAS, 77632
- **NAICS:** 327410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a transloader conveyor belt. He was in a crouched position attempting to remove a vibrator from the rail car. A coworker was with him, and as he was pushing the lever to turn off the vibrator, his hand hit the lever to engage the conveyor belt. The employee was spun around and caught under the guard and belt, breaking his left leg.

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