# Fractures at Pro-Pak Industries, Inc
> OSHA SIR `20190910086` · 9/26/2019 · WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Slitters, winders-paper production
## Employer
- **Name:** Pro-Pak Industries, Inc
- **Location:** 1099 Atlantic Drive #1, WEST CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60185
- **NAICS:** 323112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was slitting a roll to a smaller size using a slitter. The employee's arm was pulled into the slitter, causing fractures to the right ulna and radius. The employee was hospitalized, requiring a surgical plate for one shattered bone.

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