# Fractures at Parmer County Cotton Growers
> OSHA SIR `20241211820` · 12/22/2024 · FARWELL, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Material handling and warehousing machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Parmer County Cotton Growers
- **Location:** 340 US Hwy 84, FARWELL, TEXAS, 79325
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an electric module tarp roller to roll up used module tarps for storage. The employee's thumb became caught in the module tarp roller and his arm was pulled into the roller bar. The employee sustained a fractured left wrist.

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