# Fractures at Silverstone, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181112062` · 11/26/2018 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Silverstone, Inc.
- **Location:** 4350 McKinley Street, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68112
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a flashbutt welding machine when the machine was activated via the foot pedal. The two ends of the welder came together and pinched the employee's left forearm, breaking it.

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