# Fractures at TotalRecycle, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018011011` · 1/31/2018 · BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** TotalRecycle, Inc.
- **Location:** 1270 Lincoln Road, BIRDSBORO, PENNSYLVANIA, 19508
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 31, 2018, an employee was caught between two bales when a forklift operator tried to pick up a bale, which slid into the one behind it. He was hospitalized with broken clavicles.

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