# Fractures at Smith Industrial Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098119` · 9/4/2023 · NEW AUGUSTA, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Smith Industrial Services, Inc.
- **Location:** Georgia Pacific - Leaf River, NEW AUGUSTA, MISSISSIPPI, 39462
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was chipping and vacuuming hardened sodium sulfate within the ductwork of a precipitator. During this process, a solid piece of sodium sulfate, measuring 6x8 inches, dislodged from the wall of the ductwork and struck the employee. The employee sustained fractures to a rib and shoulder blade, a laceration to the chin, and bruising to the left shoulder and upper arm.

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