# Fractures at XL Plastics
> OSHA SIR `2019043768` · 4/12/2019 · CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** XL Plastics
- **Location:** 220 Clifton Boulevard, CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY, 07011
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the ram on a plastic extruder machine when the employee's hand and arm were caught in the machine causing a fractured right radius.

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