# Fractures at Ikea
> OSHA SIR `2016032125` · 3/10/2016 · PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Wood pieces, trim pieces, wood scraps, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Trash compactors
## Employer
- **Name:** Ikea
- **Location:** 2206 S. Columbus Blvd., PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 19145
- **NAICS:** 33712
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a piece of waste wood in the compactor and caught a wrist between the wood and the side of the compactor breaking it.

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