# Fractures at Smurfit Kappa Bates
> OSHA SIR `2023065588` · 6/23/2023 · NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Stacking machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Smurfit Kappa Bates
- **Location:** 6433 Davis Blvd., NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, 76182
- **NAICS:** 322211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a depalletizer machine. He was straightening pallets when the pallet pusher activated, pinning his legs against a pallet. The employee sustained a fractured fibula in both legs.

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