# Fractures at Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024098119` · 9/1/2024 · DECATUR, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Garbage, recyclables, debris  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hoppers  except confined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Fuyao Glass Illinois, Inc.
- **Location:** 2768 E Elwin Rd, DECATUR, ILLINOIS, 62521
- **NAICS:** 327212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 1, 2024, two employees were dislodging the latch of a hopper to dump a load of glass fragments. The injured employee stopped to walk around to the other side. The other employee freed the latch and the load of glass fragments was dumped, pinning the injured employee to the ground. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured left femur.

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