# Fractures at YELLOWSTONE PLASTICS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20201111208` · 11/29/2020 · IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Belts, gloves, neckties, scarves
## Employer
- **Name:** YELLOWSTONE PLASTICS, INC.
- **Location:** 3725 W. 65TH STREET SOUTH, IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, 83402
- **NAICS:** 326111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping change a roll on a piece of plastic folding equipment. The employee's glove got caught on the roll, and the machine pulled in the employee's left arm. The employee suffered two compound fractures to the lower arm.

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