# Fractures at Lew Thompson & Son Trucking, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020021249` · 2/7/2020 · HUNTSVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Lew Thompson & Son Trucking, Inc
- **Location:** 1294 N. College St, HUNTSVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72740
- **NAICS:** 484121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a trailer to a truck. He lowered the trailer's landing gear so the trailer could be connected. The landing gear handle sprung back when released, striking his right arm below the elbow and breaking it. He was hospitalized.

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