# Fractures at Renewable Energy System Americas, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021739` · 2/23/2017 · BISHOP, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Renewable Energy System Americas, Inc.
- **Location:** 1070 Country Road 55, BISHOP, TEXAS, 78343
- **NAICS:** 221115
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing near a flat bed trailer while conductor reels were loaded onto the flat bed. A reel came off the spreader beam, dropped and rolled onto the employee's legs. The reel was removed from his legs with a fork lift. The employee suffered lacerations and a fractured leg and ankle.

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