# Fractures at Trimac Transportation, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109896` · 10/14/2017 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Power take-off (PTO)
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** Trimac Transportation, Inc.
- **Location:** 255 Regal Row, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75247
- **NAICS:** 483211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading gypsum from a trailer when he heard an air leak and tried to locate it with his gloved hand. His glove was then caught in a rotating PTO shaft and his left hand was pulled into the shaft, breaking multiple fingers and requiring hospitalization.

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