# Fractures at TRINITY TANK CAR, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015074986` · 7/23/2015 · LONGVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive
## Employer
- **Name:** TRINITY TANK CAR, INC.
- **Location:** 140 SHADY BROOK, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75602
- **NAICS:** 484110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee attempted to remove a railcar rubber chock that was stuck beneath the wheel.  The employee was going to pull the railcar forward to pull it into the rubber chock. Once it hit the chock, the railcar would roll back, dislodging it.  The metal handle of the chock kicked back and struck him on his chin, fracturing his jaw.

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