# Fractures and dislocations at Sofidel America Corp.
> OSHA SIR `20201110770` · 11/13/2020 · CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sofidel America Corp.
- **Location:** 25910 US 23, CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO, 43113
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning under a rewinder machine. The employee backed out in a crouched position, began to stand up, and turned to get traction. The employee's left foot got caught under the outfeed discharge conveyor; they fell with their foot under the conveyor, landing on their face and suffering a laceration over the eye that required 7 stitches, as well as a left ankle dislocation and tibia-fibula fracture.

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