# Fractures at Carpenter Latrobe Specialty Metals
> OSHA SIR `2019099809` · 9/19/2019 · LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Carpenter Latrobe Specialty Metals
- **Location:** 2626 Ligonier Street, LATROBE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15650
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a shear on the continuous rolling mill. While a steel bar was being cut on the shear, it pivoted and struck the employee, fracturing their left arm.

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