# Fractures at Appleton Grp Foundry
> OSHA SIR `20241211551` · 12/13/2024 · SOUTH MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Appleton Grp Foundry
- **Location:** 2105 Fifth Avenue, SOUTH MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53172
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hex key to perform equipment changes on a core shooter machine when the machine cycled and crushed their leg, resulting in a broken leg.

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