# Fractures at American Crystal Sugar Company
> OSHA SIR `2020032354` · 3/12/2020 · SIDNEY, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Food products, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Food products, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Crystal Sugar Company
- **Location:** 35140 COUNTY ROAD 125, SIDNEY, MONTANA, 59270
- **NAICS:** 311313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been tearing down 2000-pound corrugated blocks of sugar. A chunk of sugar sloughed off the block and struck the employee in the back of the left leg. The employee sustained a fractured left tibia and fibula.

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