# Fractures at Marine Spill Response Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2015096410` · 9/3/2015 · ASTORIA, OREGON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** Marine Spill Response Corp.
- **Location:** Oregon Responder, ASTORIA, OREGON, 97103
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was training on the Columbia River, 0.5 miles west of Astoria, deploying oil boom on the aft deck when the boom line got stuck. The employee tried to free the line, but it was under tension.  The line came free, snapped straight, and struck his leg, fracturing his ankle and knee.

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