# Fractures at Equity Group Gadsden Division
> OSHA SIR `20201110754` · 11/12/2020 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Special process machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Equity Group Gadsden Division
- **Location:** 2281 Steele Station Road, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35906
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a paper towel to dry the bottom of a hopper. The hopper activated and the employee's right hand was caught in the machine's paddle system. The employee suffered a broken right arm.

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