# Fractures at SIERRA PROCESSING, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181112244` · 11/29/2018 · ALBANY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** SIERRA PROCESSING, LLC
- **Location:** 865 SO. PEARL ST, ALBANY, NEW YORK, 12207
- **NAICS:** 56299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting and removing the wires from a paper bale when part of the bale fell apart, causing a fracture to his leg.

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