# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Smith International, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010290` · 10/4/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, neck, and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Lathes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smith International, Inc.
- **Location:** 1310 Rankin Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77073
- **NAICS:** 333132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been machining a part on a vertical lathe. The employee was discovered inside the housing of the machine, having suffered a broken neck, jaw, and ribs, a punctured lung and multiple lacerations. The employee was hospitalized.

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