# Fractures at Hickman, Williams & Company
> OSHA SIR `2023043580` · 4/21/2023 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hickman, Williams & Company
- **Location:** 3420 Messer Airport Highway, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35222
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a piece of rubber from underneath a rail car. The employee's leg was caught between the tail pulley and the conveyor belt, resulting in leg and ankle fractures. The employee was hospitalized.

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