# Fractures at K & K Machine Shop, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022098551` · 9/27/2022 · VILLA RICA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Metalworking lathes
## Employer
- **Name:** K & K Machine Shop, Inc.
- **Location:** 161 Fleet Drive, VILLA RICA, GEORGIA, 30180
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 27, 2022, an employee was operating a metal lathe. The clamp holding the part in the lathe loosened when it began rotating, and the part struck the employee's left arm. The employee suffered multiple fractures to the arm and was hospitalized.

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