# Fractures at Powell Industries
> OSHA SIR `2024076860` · 7/29/2024 · NORTHLAKE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Stationary drills, milling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Powell Industries
- **Location:** 515 N Railroad Ave, NORTHLAKE, ILLINOIS, 60164
- **NAICS:** 335313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee took a formed copper bar to the drill press to enlarge the holes in it. The drill bit caught on the bar and caused it to spin and strike the employee's right elbow causing a laceration and fracture.

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