# Fractures at 3M
> OSHA SIR `2023064938` · 6/5/2023 · BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## 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:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** 3M
- **Location:** 601 22nd Avenue South, BROOKINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57006
- **NAICS:** 322220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to remove a 900-pound roll from an extrusion machine. The roll fell off and the employee sustained an arm fracture that required hospitalization.

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