# Fractures at Bush Brothers and Company
> OSHA SIR `2016054593` · 5/24/2016 · AUGUSTA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Ground, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pressurized air-blast
## Employer
- **Name:** Bush Brothers and Company
- **Location:** 600 S Bush Brothers Dr., AUGUSTA, WISCONSIN, 54722
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was backfilling sugar from a sugar silo into a tanker truck when a lock on one of the trailer hatches gave way and released significant air pressure, throwing the employee to the ground. The employee broke the lower left arm and right wrist, requiring surgery.

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