# Fractures at American Ash Recycling Incorportated
> OSHA SIR `2015118650` · 11/15/2015 · YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Sheet metal
## Employer
- **Name:** American Ash Recycling Incorportated
- **Location:** 613 Memory Lane, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17402
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing sheet metal and was preparing to weld. He leaned against the sheet metal, which kicked out and fell. He attempted to catch the sheet metal and it struck him, breaking his right femur.

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