# Fractures at INX International Ink Co.
> OSHA SIR `2016065095` · 6/9/2016 · APPLETON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Bags, sacks
## Employer
- **Name:** INX International Ink Co.
- **Location:** 3100 West Wisconsin Ave., APPLETON, WISCONSIN, 54914
- **NAICS:** 325910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing material to add to a batch on a mixer. A plastic bag became tangled in a mixer shaft, and the employee's arm also became wrapped around the shaft. The employee suffered a compound fracture to the left arm.

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