# Fractures at TMS International LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032685` · 3/25/2022 · GIRARD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by rail vehicle-transportation incident
- **Source:** Train, locomotive, rail car, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TMS International LLC
- **Location:** 952 South State Street, GIRARD, OHIO, 44420
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 25, 2022, an employee had just detached a string of empty rail cars away from some loaded cars. The string of detached cars was being taken ahead, and the employee began pulling the knuckle of a rail car into the open position. The string of detached cars then momentarily came back, and the employee was pinched between two cars. The employee suffered a broken right hip and was hospitalized.

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