# Fractures at TrinityRail Maintenance Services, Inc. Plant 4025
> OSHA SIR `2023098922` · 9/27/2023 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Metal chips, particles
- **Secondary source:** Hand grinders-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** TrinityRail Maintenance Services, Inc. Plant 4025
- **Location:** 2850 Peden Rd., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76179
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 27, 2023, an employee was grinding the underside of a railcar using a handheld grinder. The grinding disc split in half and struck the employee on the right leg, just above the knee. The employee sustained a 3-inch laceration and a fracture.

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