# Fractures at Paris Companies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087296` · 8/1/2017 · DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Paris Companies, Inc.
- **Location:** 100 Tom Mix Drive, DUBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15801
- **NAICS:** 812332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an ergonomic folding machine. A gown became caught in the back side of the folding machine. As the employee was clearing the jam, the folding machine engaged and caught the employee's left arm, pulling it into the roller. The employee suffered a laceration on the upper left arm and broken bones in his left forearm. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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