# Fractures and dislocations at Hwashin America Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20171211801` · 12/12/2017 · GREENVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Hwashin America Corporation
- **Location:** 661 Montgomery Hwy, GREENVILLE, ALABAMA, 36037
- **NAICS:** 336111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a robotic cell attempting to clear slag from a welding tip when the robot energized. The robotic arm struck and pinned the employee, fracturing and dislocating the employee's left hip.

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