# Fractures at Miami Valley Steel Service
> OSHA SIR `2016088249` · 8/31/2016 · PIQUA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Miami Valley Steel Service
- **Location:** 201 Fox Drive, PIQUA, OHIO, 45356
- **NAICS:** 3312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the production line (slitter) and attempted to remove a piece of scrap while the line was operating. A production line pivot arm came down and struck the employee's right arm fracturing it.

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