# Fractures at Valk Manufacturing
> OSHA SIR `20161211258` · 12/2/2016 · NEW KINGSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Drills-stationary
- **Secondary source:** Blouses, shirts, dresses, trousers, skirts
## Employer
- **Name:** Valk Manufacturing
- **Location:** 66 East Main Street, NEW KINGSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17072
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was drilling bolt holes to fit the scrape blade on a snow plow. As the employee attempted to clear a metal shaving out from behind the bit, the employee's sleeve was caught and was pulled into the drill chuck, suffering a broken forearm. The drill chuck was guarded at the time.

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