# Fractures at J. H. Fletcher & Co.
> OSHA SIR `2020076405` · 7/7/2020 · HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** J. H. Fletcher & Co.
- **Location:** 402 High Street, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25705
- **NAICS:** 333131
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was watching as equipment was loaded onto a flatbed truck. The employee was caught between the machine carrier's two moving poles while unhooking a chain, suffering four broken ribs.

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