# Fractures at Newell Rubbermaid Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019010925` · 1/25/2019 · WINFIELD, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Newell Rubbermaid Inc
- **Location:** 1101 Meldrum St, WINFIELD, KANSAS, 67156
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in a boom lift changing out light fixtures when their arm became caught between the lift basket and a rack. The employee was hospitalized with a right radius fracture and open wound.

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