# Intracranial injuries, unspecified at Southwire Company, LC
> OSHA SIR `2021010780` · 1/28/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Brain
- **Nature of injury:** Intracranial injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Lathes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwire Company, LC
- **Location:** 7514 Alabonson Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77088
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While walking between an operator station and the edge of a lathe in operation, an employee's shirt was caught by a 2-inch diameter piece of bar stock on the lathe. The employee fell to the ground and hit his head. He sustained a traumatic brain injury and an injury to the left arm.

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