# Fractures at Shummi US LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024075976` · 7/3/2024 · ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Plastic injection molding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Shummi US LLC
- **Location:** 951 Nicholas Boulevard, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS, 60007
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the air pressure of the injection molding machine when a reciprocating part of the machine lacerated the top of his forearm. The employee sustained a laceration about 3 inches long resulting in injured tendons and a fractured bone.

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