# Fractures at KW Plastics Recycling Division
> OSHA SIR `20211110070` · 11/21/2021 · TROY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** KW Plastics Recycling Division
- **Location:** 279 Pike Country Lake Road, TROY, ALABAMA, 36079
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a blockage on an auger machine when their right hand and forearm were caught and pulled into the auger, resulting in a crushed hand and a compound fracture to the forearm.  The machine was not guarded at the time.

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