# Fractures at Uni-form Components Co.
> OSHA SIR `2018088056` · 8/7/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Uni-form Components Co.
- **Location:** 10703 Sheldon Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77044
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a welding positioner when the weight shifted and the positioner arm came down and caused a compound fracture to the employee's lower right leg.

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