# Fractures at Peter J. Radocha & Sons Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021463` · 2/16/2016 · COALDALE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Peter J. Radocha & Sons Inc.
- **Location:** 113 E. Water St., COALDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18218
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On Tuesday, February 16, 2017, at approximately 12:30PM, an employee was in the process of washing out the salt spreader on the rear of a truck. The employee sustained fractures to his right arm and was hospitalized when his hand was caught in the moving spreader mechanism.

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