# Fractures at JBS
> OSHA SIR `2015107469` · 10/7/2015 · CACTUS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** JBS
- **Location:** 5950 Trails End Rd, CACTUS, TEXAS, 79013
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using air to blow out the line of a pump in the rending room when the air caused a pump plate to come loose and strike the employee's left leg, fracturing it.

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