# Fractures at Discount Rags USA
> OSHA SIR `2015041827` · 4/8/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Discount Rags USA
- **Location:** 8300 Telephone Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77061
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's right hand and upper arm got caught while loading clothing into a baling machine used to form 100-pound, shippable units of recycled articles of clothing. The machine got activated during the strapping process to secure the load at various points. His hand/arm were caught inside the machine for at least three hours, causing a laceration and fracture.

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