# Fractures at O'Brien Steel Service Co.
> OSHA SIR `2021097903` · 9/14/2021 · PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** O'Brien Steel Service Co.
- **Location:** 1700 NE Adams Street, PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61603
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 3:30 p.m. on September 14, 2021, an employee was riding on the step used to access the cab of a powered industrial vehicle, observing the vehicle's operator for training purposes. The vehicle was traveling through an aisleway of a racking system used to store lengths of steel beams/poles. The employee's right arm struck the steel shelf arms of the racking system resulting in a fractured radius and ulna. The employee was hospitalized.

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