# Fractures at Cooper/T Smith Stevedoring Co.
> OSHA SIR `20161110688` · 11/14/2016 · DARROW, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Parts and materials, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper/T Smith Stevedoring Co.
- **Location:** 3689 Hwy 75, DARROW, LOUISIANA, 70725
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stacking covers on the outside deck of a barge when a cover-stacking spreader bar slid down the barge cover and struck him on the right forearm, fracturing it.

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