# Crushing injuries at SOUTHERN RECYCLING LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017099016` · 9/20/2017 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHERN RECYCLING LLC
- **Location:** 4801 FLORIDA AVE., NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70117
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was waiting in the hammer mill to prepare a grate bar for rigging and removal when the grate bar suddenly shifted and fell on him, crushing his pelvis and right upper leg. He was hospitalized.

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