# Bruises, contusions at Buffalo Rock Company
> OSHA SIR `20191111803` · 11/13/2019 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Buffalo Rock Company
- **Location:** 111 Oxmoor Road, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35209
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a palletizing machine when the employee's arm was pinned between the palletizer apron, the mesh belt of the section behind it, and a lower bracket. The employee was hospitalized with a pinched and bruised arm.

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