# Fractures at STRATEGIC MATERIALS, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20201211687` · 12/14/2020 · MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
- **Secondary source:** Suits, coats, jackets
## Employer
- **Name:** STRATEGIC MATERIALS, Inc.
- **Location:** 3240 ROBINSON ROAD, MIDLOTHIAN, TEXAS, 76065
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Shortly after 7:35 p.m. on December 14, 2020, an employee was trying to fix an outgoing conveyor belt on a line. His jacket was caught in an adjacent conveyor, which pulled in his right arm and crushed it. He was hospitalized, undergoing surgery for a broken forearm.

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