# Fractures at General Cable
> OSHA SIR `2018054978` · 5/21/2018 · PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** General Cable
- **Location:** 1 Prestolite Dr, PARAGOULD, ARKANSAS, 72450
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting a piece of locked out pay off equipment when the arm of the equipment sprang back and struck him in the chest resulting in fractured ribs (5) and the right shoulder.

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