# Fractures at Southern Packaging, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010174` · 10/2/2018 · PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Bucket, front-end, end, and pay loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Packaging, Inc.
- **Location:** 7271 Highway 190 West, PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA, 70767
- **NAICS:** 321920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing maintenance work on one of two cylinders of a front end loader. The loader's mast fell onto his left leg, pinning it to the floor and breaking it. He was hospitalized.

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