# Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries at SA Recycling LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025043226` · 4/7/2025 · DAVIE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other propelled object or substance  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Heavy earth-moving machinery  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SA Recycling LLC
- **Location:** 3700 SW 47th Ave, DAVIE, FLORIDA, 33314
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A material handler operator was moving recycling material. When the operator let go of the material, the grapple swung back in the other direction. A piece of pipe flew from the grapple, striking an employee on the back of her hard hat. The employee fell to the ground and lost consciousness. The employee sustained a right parietal scalp injury, frontal brain hemorrhage, and T1 and T3 spinous process fractures. The employee was hospitalized.

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