# Fractures at Industrial Iron Works, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171212058` · 12/19/2017 · DEWITT, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Industrial Iron Works, Inc.
- **Location:** 1503 South Whitehead Drive, DEWITT, ARKANSAS, 72042
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing the gate on a collapsible hopper when a 180-pound metal panel struck the employee, causing a dorsal radius fracture that required hospitalization.

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