# Fractures at SCRAP METAL SERVICES, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019088072` · 8/6/2019 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SCRAP METAL SERVICES, LLC
- **Location:** 12100 Stony Island Ave., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60633
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was torch-cutting a coupler off a railcar. The coupler fell onto the employee's left foot, breaking it.

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