# Fractures at Victor Insulators, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019055004` · 5/17/2019 · VICTOR, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Victor Insulators, Inc.
- **Location:** 280 Maple Ave., VICTOR, NEW YORK, 14564
- **NAICS:** 327110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a pug mill, loading clay chunks into a wad mill and offloading pugs that came off the wad mill. An extrusion plate, which pushed chunks of clay off a push cart, pinned the employee's left leg against the push cart, causing injuries and fractures to the leg.

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