# Fractures at Farrell Gin Company
> OSHA SIR `20161010284` · 10/31/2016 · CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Farrell Gin Company
- **Location:** 11107 Highway 1, CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI, 38614
- **NAICS:** 115111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the back side of a box (where cotton is pressed) when the ram that compresses the cotton into bales came down and broke his right arm.

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