# Fractures at Grandview Products Co
> OSHA SIR `20171111372` · 11/30/2017 · PARSONS, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Grandview Products Co
- **Location:** 2608 Flynn Dr, PARSONS, KANSAS, 67357
- **NAICS:** 337110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing a horizontal panel saw that showed an error code for the score blade position. As the employee manually lowered the score blade, the saw carriage tried to return to the 'home' position. The employee was then caught between the saw carriage and the floor of the facility, suffering broken ribs, a fractured jaw, and lacerations.

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