# Fractures at MetalTek International, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088754` · 8/23/2019 · WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MetalTek International, Inc.
- **Location:** 905 E St. Paul Ave, WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, 53188
- **NAICS:** 333999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out an empty tote of wash for a full tote in a foundry. The mixer/frame fell and struck the employee's left arm, causing a compound fracture.

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