# Fractures at BIRD EQUIPMENT LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015031446` · 3/24/2015 · NOBLE, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** BIRD EQUIPMENT LLC
- **Location:** 9059 US Hwy 77, NOBLE, OKLAHOMA, 73068
- **NAICS:** 423440
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was turning a 300- to 400-pound flange to clean it when the chains holding the flange came loose/unhooked. The flange fell on the employee's right foot, breaking five bones.

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