# Fractures at Railworks Track Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016054569` · 5/24/2016 · CHAMBERLAIN, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Rails-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Railroad tracks
## Employer
- **Name:** Railworks Track Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** Missouri River Bridge, CHAMBERLAIN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57325
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing the last bolt from the joint bar that holds the rail line in place when the rail abruptly shifted, hitting the employee and fracturing his left foot. He was hospitalized overnight.

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