# Fractures at Builders Firstsource
> OSHA SIR `2021075919` · 7/19/2021 · MIDWAY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Builders Firstsource
- **Location:** 170 Elan Court, MIDWAY, GEORGIA, 31320
- **NAICS:** 321214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading lumber and gusset plates into a splicer machine which presses the plates into the lumber to connect them. The employee's forearm was caught in the point of operation when the machine started, resulting in a fractured and lacerated right forearm.

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