# Fractures at Gold Metal Recyclers
> OSHA SIR `2016065920` · 6/30/2016 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gold Metal Recyclers
- **Location:** 2401 Vinson Street, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75212
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out the retainer on a shear machine when he was struck in the chest by the retainer ring, breaking his sternum.

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