# Fractures at Industrial Iron Works, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021360` · 2/10/2017 · DEWITT, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Industrial Iron Works, Inc.
- **Location:** 1503 South Whitehead Drive, DEWITT, ARKANSAS, 72042
- **NAICS:** 333111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using chains to tighten a forklift onto a truck when a chain broke and struck the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized with a tibia fracture, talus fracture, and lateral malleolus fracture.

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