# Fractures at Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032248` · 3/12/2022 · TONAWANDA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Sumitomo Rubber USA, LLC
- **Location:** 10 Sheridan Drive, TONAWANDA, NEW YORK, 14150
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a fabric calendar line. As he was cleaning paint off a tension roller, the fabric caught his glove and pulled his left hand and forearm under the roller. He suffered a compound fracture to the forearm.

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