# Fractures at Electric Boat Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20181111802` · 11/15/2018 · NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Electric Boat Corporation
- **Location:** 165 Dillabur Ave, NORTH KINGSTOWN, RHODE ISLAND, 02852
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting material on a bandsaw that had a hose connection to a vacuum system to collect the debris. The vacuum system became clogged, so the employee disconnected the hose and tried to clean the system. The system's motor or impeller broke his right wrist and lacerated his palm. The vacuum system was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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