# Fractures at Defiance Metal Products
> OSHA SIR `2019021843` · 2/19/2019 · HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Brake presses
## Employer
- **Name:** Defiance Metal Products
- **Location:** 944 By Pass Rd, HEBER SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72543
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a brake press in safe mode while changing a die on the press. The press cycled, breaking the employee's left arm.

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