# Fractures at North West Rubber USA Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076778` · 7/26/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Parts and materials  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machinery  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** North West Rubber USA Inc.
- **Location:** 18210 Beaumont Highway, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77049
- **NAICS:** 326299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a machine cell repairing equipment when the machine was turned on and a piece of the machine fell onto his head. The employee sustained a laceration to the head and a fractured C2 vertebra.

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