# Fractures at TNJ Enterprises
> OSHA SIR `2019088649` · 8/21/2019 · ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TNJ Enterprises
- **Location:** 609 6th Avenue Southwest, ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57401
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chain hooked around scrap lodged in a shear's press box and attached to an excavator's grapple. When the employee put tension on the chain it broke, causing the grapple to swing and strike the employee's leg. The employee's left leg was fractured, requiring surgery.

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