# Fractures at Huntington Alloys Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20181213280` · 12/31/2018 · HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Huntington Alloys Corporation
- **Location:** 3200 Riverside Drive, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25705
- **NAICS:** 331491
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a metal rod straightener when the machine caught his shirttail. As he tried to free the shirt, the machine caught and fractured his left arm. He was hospitalized.

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