# Fractures at TARKETT USA INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024010113` · 1/5/2024 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
- **Secondary source:** Clothing
## Employer
- **Name:** TARKETT USA INC.
- **Location:** 1000 Vista Drive, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30721
- **NAICS:** 339999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a tuft of carpet as it entered a rolling machine. The employee's safety vest was pinched by a protruding gear shaft, and she was pulled into the machine. The employee sustained a fractured humerus and was hospitalized for surgery.

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