# Fractures at Accuride Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016042807` · 4/4/2016 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Accuride Corporation
- **Location:** 302 Peoples Ave., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61104
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing a machine spindle when the spindle dropped, striking and fracturing the employee's leg. The spindle was not secure at the time of the incident.

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