# Fractures at Mauser USA LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017109543` · 10/4/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metalworking lathes
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Mauser USA LLC
- **Location:** 4004 Homestead Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77028
- **NAICS:** 332439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 4, 2017, at approximately 11:59 p.m., an employee was operating a manual lathe. He was resurfacing a solid shaft with an emery cloth while turning it in the lathe when his glove, the cloth, and then his left hand wrapped around the turning shaft. He suffered four broken bones in his left hand and broke his wrist, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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