# Fractures at Harris Packaging Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018099931` · 9/25/2018 · HALTOM CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Harris Packaging Corporation
- **Location:** 1600 Carson St., HALTOM CITY, TEXAS, 76117
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a rotating belt on a baler when the belt pulled him in. His right arm was crushed, requiring surgical amputation.

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