# Fractures at MIDWEST SCRAP MANAGEMENT
> OSHA SIR `2019099850` · 9/20/2019 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
## Employer
- **Name:** MIDWEST SCRAP MANAGEMENT
- **Location:** 8116 Wilson Rd, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64125
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing the conveyor belt that fed an auto shredder. A piece of rebar stuck in the conveyor struck the employee's lower left leg, breaking it.

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