# Fractures at Union Tank Car
> OSHA SIR `2016021092` · 2/4/2016 · ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Gears
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Union Tank Car
- **Location:** 601 Chestnut Avenue, ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA, 16601
- **NAICS:** 336999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee suffered a fracture to their left arm when it was struck by a falling draft gear weighing approximately 250-300 lbs.  The employee was using wooden blocks to stabilized the piece in preparation for welding operations when the piece fell off the wooden blocks and struck the employee.

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