# Fractures at Iten Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043437` · 4/17/2023 · ASHTABULA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **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.
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Iten Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 4602 Benefit Avenue, ASHTABULA, OHIO, 44004
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a 55-gallon drum mixing machine when his hoodie got caught in the auger pulling him into the machine. He was able to free himself as the belt broke on the auger. The employee then fell to the ground and had a seizure. The employee sustained contusions and two broken ribs.

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