# Fractures and dislocations at Southern Service, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181010865` · 10/22/2018 · ALICEVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Loaders, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Service, LLC
- **Location:** 601 Baptist Line Rd, ALICEVILLE, ALABAMA, 35442
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding and repairing a grapple hook on a knuckle boom loader. The lift driver raised the grappler from the ground to reposition it so the employee could continue welding. The grappler then swung swiftly due to being attached to a come-a-long and struck the employee in the left ankle, fracturing and dislocating it. The employee was hospitalized.

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