# Fractures at Bridgestone Bandag Tire
> OSHA SIR `2024087468` · 8/14/2024 · ABILENE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Bridgestone Bandag Tire
- **Location:** 4750 Farm to Market 18, ABILENE, TEXAS, 79602
- **NAICS:** 326212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at the trim station of a precured tread finishing line. While removing trim waste material from the tension roller beneath the line's conveyor, the employee was caught in a pinch point, resulting in a fracture to their right ulna.

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