# Fractures at Progress Rail
> OSHA SIR `20181212893` · 12/16/2018 · HARLINGEN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Progress Rail
- **Location:** 530 W. Lela St., HARLINGEN, TEXAS, 78550
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismantling a railroad car using a cutting torch and was struck by the end of the railcar and the slope sheet, resulting in a fractured right arm.

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