# Fractures at Texas Heat Treating, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065164` · 6/3/2020 · ROUND ROCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Texas Heat Treating, Inc.
- **Location:** 155 Texas Ave, ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, 78680
- **NAICS:** 332811
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had removed an extension rod from a load and was about to put a shorter extension in its place. The load tipped over and fell on his right arm, pinching it between the metal staging rack and the retort of the load. The employee suffered a broken bone above the elbow.

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