# Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders  unspecified at Lexal, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024053865` · 5/2/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple traumatic injuries and disorders  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Lathes
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Lexal, LLC
- **Location:** 14016 E Hardy Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77039
- **NAICS:** 321214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a manual lathe to polish a part. The tool latched onto the employee's rubber gloves and the machine cut and fractured the employee's right arm and injured their skull on the left side.

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