# Fractures at Knife River Midwest
> OSHA SIR `2018065924` · 6/15/2018 · HASTINGS, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Knife River Midwest
- **Location:** Junction of K road and Hwy 50, HASTINGS, NEBRASKA, 68902
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a string line reel to roll up the string line used in concrete paving operations when the reel stopped working. As he then walked towards the string line reel, it activated, causing the string line to wrap around his legs. He suffered a compound fracture to the right leg.

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