# Fractures at Michelin North America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016109900` · 10/20/2016 · MIDLAND CITY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Michelin North America, Inc.
- **Location:** 3792 Mance Newton Road, MIDLAND CITY, ALABAMA, 36350
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was starting to wind a plastic liner onto a spool (bobbin) with a foot switch energized on the "FE Complexor" machine that combines layers of rubber used to make tires. The liner was slipping. The employee reached in to secure it from slipping and his hand was caught between the liner and the rotating spool (bobbin). This resulted in a fracture of both bones in the lower left arm which required surgery.

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