# Fractures at Continental Tire North America
> OSHA SIR `2024076816` · 7/27/2024 · MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Continental Tire North America
- **Location:** 11525 N IL Highway 142, MOUNT VERNON, ILLINOIS, 62864
- **NAICS:** 441320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to free sheets of rubber that were stuck together in a machine. When the sheets popped free, a rubber sheet snapped back and pulled the employee's hands against a non-powered roller resulting in a non-displaced forearm fracture. The machine was not running at the time.

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