# Fractures at Tecnocap, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019010375` · 1/11/2019 · GLEN DALE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Clothing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tecnocap, LLC
- **Location:** 1701 Wheeling Ave., GLEN DALE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26038
- **NAICS:** 332116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 2:12 PM, an employee was operating a wax machine when his left sleeve became caught in the gears of the machine, pulling his arm into the gears. He was hospitalized with a fractured left arm.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*