# Fractures at Lonesome Oak Trading Company
> OSHA SIR `2016087140` · 8/2/2016 · CHATSWORTH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Banding, baling, strapping machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Lonesome Oak Trading Company
- **Location:** 2750 Highway 411, CHATSWORTH, GEORGIA, 30705
- **NAICS:** 424990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was ejecting a bale from a baler. He was standing in front of the bale while pushing the button to eject it. The bale began to come out and his right ankle was caught underneath it, breaking his right lower leg.

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