# Fractures at Total Equipment Company
> OSHA SIR `2018011018` · 1/31/2018 · CORAOPOLIS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Boring, routing, notching machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Total Equipment Company
- **Location:** 400 Chess Street, CORAOPOLIS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15108
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a boring machine. He was attempting to remove a chip when he was caught between the machine housing and the boring arm, suffering a compound fracture to his right forearm near the elbow.

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