# Fractures at Ohio Mulch Supply, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191212716` · 12/11/2019 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ohio Mulch Supply, Inc.
- **Location:** 1600 Universal Road, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43207
- **NAICS:** 424910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning up mulch spillage around a screener (electric and hydraulic) when a piece of tarp was blown into the screener.  The screener operator stopped the screener and the employee attempted to remove the tarp piece. His left hand became wrapped up in the idler roller, resulting in fractures to the hand. He was hospitalized.

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