# Fractures at Bobcat Company
> OSHA SIR `2023043671` · 4/24/2023 · BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Bobcat Company
- **Location:** 530 South 26th Street, BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, 58504
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead gantry crane with a hoist to install a hydraulic cylinder onto a boom of an excavator. The strap that was used was cut by one of the cylinder brackets, causing the cylinder to fall onto the employee's left arm. The employee sustained a fractured forearm.

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