# Fractures at UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2020043357` · 4/13/2020 · BALL GROUND, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Bending, rolling, shaping machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION
- **Location:** 199 Howell Bridge Rd., BALL GROUND, GEORGIA, 30107
- **NAICS:** 336413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an aluminum stretcher machine. The employee was struck by a piece of steel tooling that failed while in the machine. The employee sustained a laceration and a fractured lower leg.

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