# Fractures at Hazlehurst Wood Pellets, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022021098` · 2/5/2022 · HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hazlehurst Wood Pellets, LLC
- **Location:** 142 McPherson Drive, HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA, 31539
- **NAICS:** 321999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On February 5, 2022, at 12:00 a.m., an employee was attempting to unclog a screw motor when the bolts to the frame holding the screw motor broke, causing the frame to tilt over and strike the employee on the left upper leg. The employee suffered contusions on the right upper leg and a broken left upper leg that required surgery.

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