# Fractures at King's College
> OSHA SIR `2018088522` · 8/18/2018 · WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
## Employer
- **Name:** King's College
- **Location:** 133 North River Street, WILKES BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18711
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 18, 2018, an employee was cleaning a gymnasium after a summer graduation ceremony when the employee's right hand became entangled in a tarp that was being automatically rolled up by a tarp-rolling machine. The employee suffered a broken right forearm, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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