# Fractures at GRT Rubber Technologies
> OSHA SIR `2017098982` · 9/19/2017 · PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** GRT Rubber Technologies
- **Location:** 201 Dana Drive, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, 72450
- **NAICS:** 326220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a rubber calendar mill when his left hand contacted a moving fabric sheet and was then pulled under a roller. His left arm broke in two places as he was removing it from the equipment.

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