# Fractures at Lewis Casing Crews, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099123` · 9/4/2018 · STANTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Oil drilling rigs and machinery
- **Secondary source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Lewis Casing Crews, Inc.
- **Location:** Cartel Drilling Company Rig #41, STANTON, TEXAS, 79782
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating the tongs at a rig when the winch line broke and the equipment struck the employee's lower right leg, breaking the tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

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