# Fractures at Otis Elevator Company
> OSHA SIR `20191212595` · 12/6/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Elevators
## Employer
- **Name:** Otis Elevator Company
- **Location:** 12141 Richmond Ave, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77082
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to manually wipe excess lubricant off of elevator cables when the car moved, putting the injured employee's arm in the pinch point between the ropes and the sheaves. The employee was hospitalized with a severe fracture and laceration to the left arm.

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