# Fractures at CMC Recycling Lubbock
> OSHA SIR `2016065725` · 6/27/2016 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** CMC Recycling Lubbock
- **Location:** 212 CR 5800, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79403
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking apart a round spool of wire, which weighed 1,100 pounds. The spool was standing up on the round edges and was then knocked flat on the ground. The employee's foot was caught by one of the round ends of the spool, causing a compound fracture to the left ankle that required hospitalization.

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