# Fractures at SDS Resources, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017054499` · 5/17/2017 · BUCKS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Guardrails, road dividers
- **Secondary source:** Air pressure, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** SDS Resources, LLC
- **Location:** Barry Steam Plant, BUCKS, ALABAMA, 36512
- **NAICS:** 561330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A temporary employee was assigned to conduct a flow test inside the jet bubbling reactor during a scheduled outage. The employee entered the reactor, stepped into the flow of air and was pushed out of the doorway and against a guardrail system outside the doorway resulting in a broken tibia and fibula and contusions.

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