# Avulsions, enucleations at Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3)
> OSHA SIR `2017076456` · 7/13/2017 · WAUPACA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Waupaca Foundry Inc. (Plant 2,3)
- **Location:** 1955 Brunner Drive, WAUPACA, WISCONSIN, 54981
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 13, 2017, an employee was moving a molding pattern from a staging rack to a plywood skid. The employee was lifting the pattern with a hoist when the bolt pulled out of the pattern. The pattern fell on the employee's lower legs. The employee suffered shin avulsions and a broken left leg.

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