# Fractures at Western Metals Recycling, L.L.C.
> OSHA SIR `2021032395` · 3/20/2021 · ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Metals Recycling, L.L.C.
- **Location:** 2100 W Oxford Avenue, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, 80110
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in a rail yard coupling rail cars when his left leg was pinned between rail cars at the knuckle joint. The leg was broken.

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