# Fractures at J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019032960` · 3/21/2019 · WHARTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Bags, sacks
## Employer
- **Name:** J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 10807 US 59 Rd, WHARTON, TEXAS, 77488
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching over to straighten an 1800-pound super bag filled with regrind material when the bag gave in. The super bag fell striking the employee in the shoulder and knocking the employee down. The regrind material then covered the employee. The employee suffered a broken left hip.

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