# Fractures at SUPERIOR HEALTH LINENS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2024064818` · 6/1/2024 · MADISON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple arm locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Clothes washers, dryers
- **Secondary source:** Safety protocols and equipment  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SUPERIOR HEALTH LINENS, INC.
- **Location:** 2905 S. SYENE ROAD, MADISON, WISCONSIN, 53711
- **NAICS:** 811490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on an industrial washing machine when his right arm became caught in the belt and his elbow and forearm were fractured. The machine was not guarded or locked out/tagged out at the time.

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