# Fractures at INTERFOR U.S. INC.
> OSHA SIR `20191010953` · 10/20/2019 · PRESTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Logging and wood processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** INTERFOR U.S. INC.
- **Location:** 378 Tolleson Road, PRESTON, GEORGIA, 31824
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing maintenance at a sawmill. While getting ready to start the chip heads, he leaned in to observe a chain. The chain moved into position and caught the employee's right leg. He suffered a broken femur and was hospitalized requiring surgery.

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