# Fractures at US Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2015118861` · 11/23/2015 · SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** US Postal Service
- **Location:** Auxillary Service Facility, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, 84199
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was investigating a suspected defective roller on a conveyor belt. The machine must be running to hear defective rollers. His hand was pulled into the machine, and the rollers rolled up onto his forearm. He suffered compound fractures to his radius and ulna and required surgery.

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