# Fractures at The Homer Laughlin China Company
> OSHA SIR `2015096375` · 9/2/2015 · NEWELL, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Clay-natural and processed
## Employer
- **Name:** The Homer Laughlin China Company
- **Location:** 672 Fiesta Drive, NEWELL, WEST VIRGINIA, 26050
- **NAICS:** 327110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 2, 2015, at approximately 3:15 p.m., a maintenance employee was attempting to adjust a moving conveyor that was off track (not centered) when he tripped on dry clay that had fallen from the conveyor onto the floor and fell into a slow moving conveyor, fracturing his right arm and requiring hospitalization.

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