# Fractures at WILLACOOCHEE INDUSTRIAL FABRICS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016064874` · 6/2/2016 · WILLACOOCHEE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** WILLACOOCHEE INDUSTRIAL FABRICS, INC.
- **Location:** 769 West Main St., WILLACOOCHEE, GEORGIA, 31650
- **NAICS:** 313310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a baler. When he hit the hydraulic switch for compaction, the baler door was pushed open and hit his right ribcage, fracturing four ribs requiring hospitalization.

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