# Fractures at Rex Lumber, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021020946` · 2/2/2021 · GRACEVILLE, FLORIDA
## 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 maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rex Lumber, LLC
- **Location:** 5299 ALABAMA STREET, GRACEVILLE, FLORIDA, 32440
- **NAICS:** 321114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to open valves on the back of a gang saw so that the blade guides could be moved. The saw moved, crushing the employee against the chains. The employee suffered broken ribs.

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