# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at CANAM STEEL INC.
> OSHA SIR `20161010155` · 10/28/2016 · WASHINGTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** CANAM STEEL INC.
- **Location:** 2000 W. MAIN, WASHINGTON, MISSOURI, 63090
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 28, 2016, at 6:30 a.m., an employee was removing a piece of stuck steel from the shear. The machine was activated and a 1 inch diameter piece of angle steel was propelled into the employee's left forearm. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

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