# Fractures at Gill Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021192` · 2/5/2020 · TRENTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Product assembly machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gill Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 505 North Industrial Boulevard, TRENTON, GEORGIA, 30752
- **NAICS:** 336370
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an assembly line when he attempted to free a pallet that was stuck in the pallet elevator. When he released the pallet, a proximity switch was activated, causing the machine to cycle. His left arm was then caught between the pallet and the elevator, resulting in a lower left arm fracture.

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