# Fractures at Herzog Railroad Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043672` · 4/26/2024 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
- **Secondary source:** Unattached rail car
## Employer
- **Name:** Herzog Railroad Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 6003 SE Easton Road, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64507
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 26, an employee was replacing bearings on the door of a ballast railcar when the door fell. The door shaft struck his lower right leg just below the knee, causing a fracture of the tibia. The employee required surgery.

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