# Fractures at H & M Plating Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018021984` · 2/27/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** H & M Plating Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 6804 La Paseo, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77087
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a horizontal lathe to polish a metal part when the part being turned came loose. The employee tried to catch the piece and it slammed his right hand into the machine. He suffered a laceration and multiple broken metacarpals, requiring hospitalization.

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