# Fractures at NICHOLSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2016043538` · 4/28/2016 · BOCA RATON, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Wrenches-nonpowered
- **Secondary source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
## Employer
- **Name:** NICHOLSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
- **Location:** 327 Royal Palm Road, BOCA RATON, FLORIDA, 33432
- **NAICS:** 238190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a winch with a ratchet wrench. Tension on the winch caused it and the wrench to spin. The spinning wrench struck the employee's right lower arm and fractured it.

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