# Fractures at Shasta Beverage, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021618` · 2/22/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Shasta Beverage, Inc.
- **Location:** 7333 Major Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77061
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was troubleshooting a case alignment problem on the can line palletizer and noticed that the can case was misaligned. While he was examining the layer formation section of the palletizer, the machine cycled. The layer formation bar hit and fractured his right forearm.

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