# Fractures at BO-MAC CONTRACTORS, LTD.
> OSHA SIR `2015052919` · 5/16/2015 · NORCO, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
- **Secondary source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** BO-MAC CONTRACTORS, LTD.
- **Location:** 16302 River Rd, NORCO, LOUISIANA, 70079
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was handling a cable that runs between a drum and the spud. He was trying to put slack in the cable line when the spud shifted and caused the cable to tighten. The cable struck and fractured his left leg just above the ankle.

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