# Dislocations at E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025088454` · 8/25/2025 · ATHENS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Trusses, girders, beams structurally attached
## Employer
- **Name:** E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc.
- **Location:** SR-10 Loop Bridges, ATHENS, GEORGIA, 30606
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with cutting a vertical steel pile. A 16-foot by 9-inch section of pile dropped to the side and bounced off a previously cut pile and toward the employee. The employee was struck in the torso and leg, causing his knee to dislocate from his femur. The employee was hospitalized.

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