# Fractures at WestRock
> OSHA SIR `2018089039` · 8/31/2018 · EVADALE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** WestRock
- **Location:** 1913 FM 105 S., EVADALE, TEXAS, 77615
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a basket of wood chips with a chain saw that had two choker chains attached when a link in one of the choker chains broke, hitting and fracturing the employee's right forearm.

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