# Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries at Circle 8 Crane Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021021240` · 2/10/2021 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple arm locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except rib, trunk fractures) and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Circle 8 Crane Services, LLC
- **Location:** South Curtis Ranch OXY Pad D, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79701
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The sheaves of the crane were frozen due to ice and snow conditions, which caused a backlash with the auxiliary cable of the crane. The operator attempted to straighten out the backlash on the superstructure near the drum. The frozen sheave freed itself, allowing the cable to run, and the operator's right arm got tangled in the cable. The operator sustained an open fracture of the humerus and a dislocation of the radius.

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