# Fractures at EAST PENN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `2017021612` · 2/18/2017 · ALBURTIS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** EAST PENN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 8742 Contton Hill Road, ALBURTIS, PENNSYLVANIA, 18011
- **NAICS:** 335911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a stack truck to move a pallet of materials from the racks. When he backed up the truck to reposition it, his arm became jammed between the truck and a pallet of materials on the racking behind him. His arm broke.

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