# Fractures at T. Bruce Sales, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032839` · 3/29/2017 · WEST MIDDLESEX, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** T. Bruce Sales, Inc.
- **Location:** 9 Carbaugh Street, WEST MIDDLESEX, PENNSYLVANIA, 16159
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a press brake to flatten metal plates. The metal plate was held in place by a hoist hook. The hook slipped off the metal plate causing the metal plate to strike the employee's right arm. The employee was hospitalized for surgery to repair a broken right arm.

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