# Fractures at Midwest Auto Supply, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088479` · 8/17/2018 · GERING, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwest Auto Supply, Inc.
- **Location:** 2400 N. 10th St., GERING, NEBRASKA, 69341
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a shelf when an air bag unit was knocked off the shelf, struck a car battery, and deployed, striking and fracturing the employee's lower leg.

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