# Fractures at Orafol Americas Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087276` · 8/8/2024 · AVON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Orafol Americas Inc.
- **Location:** 120 Darling Drive, AVON, CONNECTICUT, 06001
- **NAICS:** 326130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running acrylic film through an automated winding machine which wraps film around a cardboard cylinder core. He noticed that the film had slipped off the winder. He went to the front of the machine to re-attach the film to the winder spool. His fingers got caught between the film and the spool and his left arm was pulled up by the winder spool. The employee was hospitalized with a broken left forearm. Another employee injured their shoulder when pulling the first injured employee out of the machine.

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