# Fractures at Ascend Performance Materials
> OSHA SIR `2018065702` · 6/11/2018 · ALVIN, 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, unspecified
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Ascend Performance Materials
- **Location:** FM 2917 Rd., ALVIN, TEXAS, 77511
- **NAICS:** 325132
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to load wood crates in the bag boxing area. The employee was caught between a strapping machine and a crate. The employee sustained five broken ribs.

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