# Fractures at SOUTHERN METER BOX, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20171010326` · 10/27/2017 · ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHERN METER BOX, INC.
- **Location:** 1015 WILLOW GLEN RIVER RD., ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, 71302
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been running a concrete meter box machine. His right forearm was broken when a metal press fell on it.

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