# Fractures at McQuade Tidd Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065394` · 6/19/2023 · HOULTON, MAINE
## 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 regular operation
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** McQuade Tidd Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 154 Steel Stone Street, HOULTON, MAINE, 04730
- **NAICS:** 423320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a piece of asphalt debris from a conveyor when his glove was caught, pulling his hand and arm in. The employee sustained fractures to their left hand and 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*