# Fractures at MIDWEST SCRAP MANAGEMENT
> OSHA SIR `2017054841` · 5/30/2017 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MIDWEST SCRAP MANAGEMENT
- **Location:** 8116 Wilson Rd, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64125
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the ground in a scrap yard. A second employee operating a material handler released a bundle of scrap from the handler. The employee on the ground was struck by the bundle of scrap. He was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and tailbone.

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