# Fractures at TMC TRANSPORTATION
> OSHA SIR `2016098285` · 9/1/2016 · DES MOINES, IOWA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Fasteners, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** TMC TRANSPORTATION
- **Location:** 6115 SW Lealand, DES MOINES, IOWA, 50306
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a load on the bed of a trailer. The employee loosened the steel load binder which sprung loose and struck the employee. The employee's tibia and fibula were fractured.

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