# Fractures at DEKALB FORGE COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2016076258` · 7/12/2016 · DEKALB, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forging machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** DEKALB FORGE COMPANY
- **Location:** 1832 EAST PLEASANT STREET, DEKALB, ILLINOIS, 60115
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a forging hammer operator and was attempting to release a part lodged inside the hammer. The employee's hand tool became caught inside the point of operation and broke when the machine cycled. A piece of the hand tool ejected and struck the employee, breaking bones and lacerating the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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