# Fractures at H.G. GEORGIA MERCHANTS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016109851` · 10/19/2016 · JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Trash compactors
## Employer
- **Name:** H.G. GEORGIA MERCHANTS, INC.
- **Location:** 125 Logistics Center Parkwawy, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA, 30549
- **NAICS:** 442299
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 19, 2016 at 9:40 p.m. an employee entered a compactor to get his glove and the compactor broke both legs.  The employee was hospitalized.

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