# Fractures at Southwest electric
> OSHA SIR `2016032237` · 3/14/2016 · MENTONE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest electric
- **Location:** San antonio battery, MENTONE, TEXAS, 79754
- **NAICS:** 423610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Workers were testing the rotation on a motor when a shaft cover on the machine became dislodged and hit a nearby employee in the left lower leg. The resulting impact fractured the employee's tibia and fibula, requiring surgery and hospitalization.

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