# Fractures at KS ENERGY SERVICES, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015031596` · 3/30/2015 · WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** KS ENERGY SERVICES, LLC
- **Location:** Swan Blvd & Watertown Plank Road, WAUWATOSA, WISCONSIN, 53226
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing duct in a trench box. Because the trench was in an incline, the road plate shifted towards the box and pinched the worker's right forearm, causing it to break.

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