# Fractures at Resolute Forest Products
> OSHA SIR `20231110757` · 11/22/2023 · EL DORADO, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Resolute Forest Products
- **Location:** 5428 Junction City Highway, EL DORADO, ARKANSAS, 71730
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were working to unjam a piece of lumber (cant) that was stuck in a gang resaw. Sensors on the machine were activated, causing the air-actuated pressure rollers to come down on an employee's right arm, crushing it. The employee sustained multiple broken bones.

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