# Fractures at Grayson Lumber Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20191112085` · 11/21/2019 · HOUSTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Grayson Lumber Corporation
- **Location:** 505 County Road 94, HOUSTON, ALABAMA, 35572
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Maintenance employees had finished a repair on a board edger machine. When the machine was re-started an employee's arm and wrist were caught between a heavy metal guard that measures board thickness and a conveyor belt. The employee was hospitalized with a broken arm and required surgery to reduce swelling.

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