# Fractures at PLASTIC RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY ATLANTA, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016020972` · 2/1/2016 · VAN WERT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Conveyors-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PLASTIC RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY ATLANTA, INC.
- **Location:** PO BOX 752, VAN WERT, OHIO, 45891
- **NAICS:** 326199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing plastic on an inclined feed conveyor when the metal detector identified metal contaminants and automatically stopped the conveyor. The employee walked up the conveyor belt to extract the metal material from the plastic and then began to descend. While walking down the conveyor, the employee slipped and fell, striking his rib cage against the metal conveyor wall. He was hospitalized with fractured ribs.

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