# Fractures at Pipelife Jet Stream, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109977` · 10/27/2024 · SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Pipelife Jet Stream, Inc.
- **Location:** 1700 S Lincoln Street, SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, 72761
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was checking for holes in the chamber gasket of a belling machine when his left arm went through the gasket holder. The mandrel and gasket loader closed and caught the employee's arm, resulting in forearm fractures, crush injuries, and torn skin.

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