# Sprains at Tex-Isles Supply, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015129232` · 12/7/2015 · GEORGE WEST, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Tex-Isles Supply, Inc.
- **Location:** 3455 US Hwy 281, GEORGE WEST, TEXAS, 78022
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a coupling from a rotating pipe when his glove was caught in the rotating pipe. The employee's wrist was wrenched and later surgically repaired.

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