# Fractures at Marathon Equipment Company (Delaware) Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076811` · 7/26/2024 · VERNON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Marathon Equipment Company (Delaware) Inc.
- **Location:** 909 County Road 9 S, VERNON, ALABAMA, 35592
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing a vertical baler for shipment. The employee reached over the header plate while the cylinder was moving into final position and was struck by the cylinder, resulting in a fractured left arm.

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