# Fractures at BLASTCO INC
> OSHA SIR `2022086930` · 8/5/2022 · WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** BLASTCO INC
- **Location:** 131 Freymuth Road, WENTZVILLE, MISSOURI, 63385
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A pump part was attached to a forklift with a strap. The forklift operator raised the part up to spin and flip the part over to the unprepped side to continue the sand blasting process. The injured employee was assisting when the part/strap shifted allowing the part to fall, breaking the employee's arm. The employee was hospitalized.

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