# Fractures at BROOKS TROPICALS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016076360` · 7/14/2016 · HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** BROOKS TROPICALS, LLC
- **Location:** 18400 SW 256th Street, HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, 33031
- **NAICS:** 424930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a sticker on a pallet when he was hit by the arm of the pallet wrapping machine. His arm was broken.

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