# Crushing injuries at SSA Cooper, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016043267` · 4/19/2016 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** SSA Cooper, LLC
- **Location:** Blount Island Marine Terminal, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32226
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting metal bands containing paper bales when a 500-pound bale fell from the stack and onto the employee. She sustained crushing and struck-by injuries, requiring hospitalization.

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