# Fractures at FreightCar America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018022020` · 2/28/2018 · CHEROKEE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle doors, liftgates, tailgates, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Rail car(s)-unattached to locomotive
## Employer
- **Name:** FreightCar America, Inc.
- **Location:** 1200 Haley Drive, CHEROKEE, ALABAMA, 35616
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were installing freight car side doors and were having trouble fitting them. A pin securing it in place was removed and it fell on both employees. The first employee suffered multiple fractures to the body and was hospitalized. The second employee suffered a laceration to the leg.

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