# Fractures at Worldwide Machinery LTD
> OSHA SIR `2022054058` · 5/10/2022 · CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** Worldwide Machinery LTD
- **Location:** 16031 E Freeway Service Road, CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS, 77530
- **NAICS:** 333249
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a pin on a metal lathe when their hand got caught in the unguarded chuck of the lathe. The employee's left forearm, thumb, index and ring fingers were broken.

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