# Fractures at Texmark Chemical
> OSHA SIR `2015074686` · 7/15/2015 · GALENA PARK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Drills-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Texmark Chemical
- **Location:** 900 Clinton Drive, GALENA PARK, TEXAS, 77547
- **NAICS:** 561311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was using a hand drill at the shop drilling holes on a 2 inch piece of pipe. The electric drill bound up or jerked while he was holding it. The employee fractured his right hand.

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