# Fractures at MIDWEST BLOCK & BRICK COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2021053914` · 5/12/2021 · BRIDGETON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MIDWEST BLOCK & BRICK COMPANY
- **Location:** 12901 St. Charles Rock Rd., BRIDGETON, MISSOURI, 63044
- **NAICS:** 327121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning dust off the photo eye of the dump hopper when it activated and caught  his left arm between the dump hopper and the frame of the machine. The employee sustained a left ulnar fracture, an elbow wound and traumatic muscle injury.

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