# Fractures at Hyosung USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021043390` · 4/23/2021 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hyosung USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 500 19th Avenue, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 314992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove waste material from a guide roller at the exit of an accumulator on a carpet coating line. The employee's right arm was caught in the waste material and rolled around the bar, which broke the employee's humerus.

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