# Fractures at EXMARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20171010143` · 10/23/2017 · BEATRICE, NEBRASKA
## 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:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** EXMARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY
- **Location:** 2101 ASHLAND AVE, BEATRICE, NEBRASKA, 68310
- **NAICS:** 333112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was hanging parts on the paint conveyor. A forklift operated by another employee in the area was dropping off a pallet of parts. As the forklift backed up, it snagged the hanging pendant control for the overhead hoist. The pendant control was flung back towards the employee hanging the parts and struck the employee's left arm resulting in a fractured forearm.

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