# Fractures at Columbia Recycling Corp.
> OSHA SIR `20181111369` · 11/5/2018 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bags, sacks
- **Secondary source:** Bags, sacks
## Employer
- **Name:** Columbia Recycling Corp.
- **Location:** 2410 South Dixie Hwy, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30720
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A super sack full of pellets fell onto an employee's right leg, breaking it about 3 inches below the knee. The employee was hospitalized.

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