# Fractures at Proctor and Gamble - Saint Louis site
> OSHA SIR `2024087457` · 8/14/2024 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Proctor and Gamble - Saint Louis site
- **Location:** 169 East Grand Ave, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63101
- **NAICS:** 325611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attaching an air hose within the soft handling equipment. After attaching the air hose, the equipment powered up and pushed a tote into the employee's hand causing a left wrist and forearm fracture.

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