# Fractures at Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020109996` · 10/20/2020 · PETERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Wood, lumber, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 240 Airport Road, PETERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA, 26847
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A pack of re-run railroad ties were placed on a vertical re-saw roll case to be re-sawn. An employee was cutting the banding when the pack fell apart. The railroad ties pinned the employee's right leg against a guardrail and the leg was broken.

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