# Fractures at COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20191111847` · 11/14/2019 · TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
- **Location:** 1804 SOUTH GREEN STREET, TUPELO, MISSISSIPPI, 38804
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a piece of rubber from a transfer belt when the employee's right arm was caught in the conveyor, fracturing the right forearm.

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