# Dislocation of joints at Mustang Machinery Company, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2016076301` · 7/13/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Dislocation of joints
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Dirt, earth
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mustang Machinery Company, LTD
- **Location:** 12800 Northwest Freeway, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77040
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was inspecting a parked mobile excavator. Dirt in the bucket of the boom arm fell out and struck the employee's left leg dislocating the knee.

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