# Fractures at WTC Machinery, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018088583` · 8/20/2018 · IXONIA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple foot (feet) locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** WTC Machinery, LLC
- **Location:** W1222 Linden Rd., IXONIA, WISCONSIN, 53036
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 10:30 a.m. on August 20, 2018, an employee was measuring a steel bar stored on a storage rack. A 12-foot steel tube, on the rack below the steel bar, fell onto the employee's foot. The employee suffered a broken foot and toes.

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