# Fractures at Plaskolite Zanesville
> OSHA SIR `20191111666` · 11/8/2019 · ZANESVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Plaskolite Zanesville
- **Location:** 1175 5 B's Drive, ZANESVILLE, OHIO, 43701
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a catwalk, unjamming a sheet of material at the cross-cut saw on an extrusion line. The employee's right leg was caught between a fixed roller conveyor and a saw carriage that moved back and forth on the conveyor. The employee suffered a compound fracture to the leg.

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