# Fractures and burns at Polyone Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018066381` · 6/27/2018 · SEABROOK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Polyone Corporation
- **Location:** 5306 Highway 146, SEABROOK, TEXAS, 77586
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a scraping tool (located on the mixer's door) to remove resin from the bottom of the mixer when the door of the machine closed on the employee's arm pulling his arm into the drop area. The employee was admitted to the hospital with a fractured radius and second degree burns to the arm.

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