# Fractures at JBS Souderton, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221210952` · 12/17/2022 · SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** JBS Souderton, Inc.
- **Location:** 249 Allentown Road, SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18964
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a large auger from a meat grinding machine when the auger slipped out of the lifting device and onto the employee's leg. He sustained a leg fracture.

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