# Fractures at Wabash National Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018077271` · 7/18/2018 · ELROY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wabash National Corporation
- **Location:** 902 2nd Main Street, ELROY, WISCONSIN, 53929
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was forming a semi tank trailer bulkhead when the bulkhead material failed and released air that dislodged the machine guarding shield. The shield struck the employee and knocked the employee to the ground. The employee sustained a skull fracture and fractured vertebrae.

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