# Fractures at Schleifring Medical Systems, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025055025` · 5/28/2025 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of vehicle or machine, still attached
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machinery  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Schleifring Medical Systems, LLC
- **Location:** 1490 Crispin Drive, ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60123
- **NAICS:** 334510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 28, 2025, two maintenance employees were working on a flipper mechanism that was intermittently getting stuck during its vertical movement cycle. An employee began removing the bottom motor of the flipper assembly. The gearbox unexpectedly detached along with the motor. This caused the flipper arm (weighing ~250 pounds) to lose mechanical support and fall, striking an employee. The flipper arm caused injuries to both of his arms. His wrist and fingers were injured and he sustained fractures to an elbow. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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