# Fractures at SIMS BROS. RECYCLING
> OSHA SIR `2024021208` · 2/8/2024 · MARION, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Parts and materials  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Trash compactors, shredders
## Employer
- **Name:** SIMS BROS. RECYCLING
- **Location:** 1011 S. PROSPECT ST., MARION, OHIO, 43302
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 11:00 a.m. on February 8, 2024, an employee was repairing a cylinder on a shear/baler processing machine when the cylinder activated. The cylinder failed and forced a brass packing ring forward as a projectile striking the employee's lower right leg. The employee's right tibia and fibula were fractured and the employee was hospitalized.

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