# Fractures at TMS International
> OSHA SIR `2022087626` · 8/26/2022 · OSCEOLA, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** TMS International
- **Location:** 2575 East State Highway 198, OSCEOLA, ARKANSAS, 72370
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing U-bolts from a trailer suspension's leaf spring/axle assembly. Once the final nut was removed from the inside U-bolt, the leaf springs fell and pinched the employee's left arm against the ground. The employee's ulna was broken.

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