# Fractures at Mestek Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088312` · 8/14/2018 · FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Jacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Mestek Inc.
- **Location:** 3333 N. Washington, FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS, 72335
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a stamping press that had locked up. The employee was using a hydraulic jack and a make-shift tool to push the frame upwards. The pressure from the jack released causing the employee to be struck and thrown backwards about 10 feet. The employee's arm was also caught. The employee sustained broken bones.

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