# Fractures at Austin Industrial Services, LP
> OSHA SIR `2024021215` · 2/8/2024 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Austin Industrial Services, LP
- **Location:** 3985 E. Harrison Ave, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62526
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing bolts from the bottom cover on a conveyor system when the remaining bolts pulled through allowing the plate to strike his right foot, resulting in multiple fractures and swelling that required hospitalization and surgery. The employee was wearing steel-toe boots at the time of the incident.

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