# Fractures at Ozark Wood Fiber
> OSHA SIR `2016021082` · 2/4/2016 · GOODMAN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Log processing machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Ozark Wood Fiber
- **Location:** 20040 Lark Road, GOODMAN, MISSOURI, 64843
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 4th at approximately 2:00 PM, a maintenance mechanic was repairing a broken chain on a debarking/log cutter machine.  A compression roller (log holder) came down and pinned the employee.  The employee was hospitalized with two broken vertebrae requiring surgery. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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