# Fractures at Worth And Company, Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2023021873` · 2/28/2023 · LEHIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Worth And Company, Incorporated
- **Location:** 2128 Blakeley Boulevard, LEHIGHTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18235
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a shop vacuum to collect excess water on the floor generated from a core drill. The employee's sweatshirt was entangled in the rotating drill bit, resulting in a right forearm fracture.

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