# Fractures at Thelin Recycling Company, LP
> OSHA SIR `2018032437` · 3/12/2018 · FRISCO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Thelin Recycling Company, LP
- **Location:** FM 423 & 380, FRISCO, TEXAS, 75034
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing routine maintenance on a discharge conveyor belt when another employee activated the machine. The employee was then thrown into the moving conveyor, breaking several ribs. The machine was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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