# Fractures at API Americas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054682` · 5/24/2017 · RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
- **Source:** Painting, priming, metal coating machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** API Americas, Inc.
- **Location:** 329 New Brunswick Ave., RAHWAY, NEW JERSEY, 07065
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a coating machine's operating line using handheld tools when the machine activated. The moving rollers then broke the employee's arm, requiring hospitalization.

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