# Fractures at XERIUM Technologies, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016054404` · 5/19/2016 · RUSTON, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** XERIUM Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** 3101 McDonald Avenue, RUSTON, LOUISIANA, 71270
- **NAICS:** 333243
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing an inspection on a bearing housing that was attached to a forklift by a strap.  The housing came loose and fell onto the employee shattering his left knee and breaking his ankle.

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