# Fractures at General Shale Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016064849` · 6/1/2016 · COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** General Shale Inc.
- **Location:** 3255 Drennan Road, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 80910
- **NAICS:** 327331
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stepped into the block machine to clear a jam. When it was cleared, the machine activated and the employee's ankle was pinned under the machine and fractured. The employee's toe was also fractured. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.

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