# Fractures at Violet Gin Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099245` · 9/6/2018 · ROBSTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Picking, carding, combing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Violet Gin Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 2846 Highway 44, ROBSTOWN, TEXAS, 78380
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's left arm was caught between the roller and belt in a cotton gin conveyor system. The arm was broken; the employee was hospitalized for surgery. The system was not guarded at the time of the incident.

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