# Fractures at Guilford Lear Textiles, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010271` · 10/4/2018 · PINE GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Rollers
- **Secondary source:** Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Guilford Lear Textiles, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Penn Dye Street, PINE GROVE, PENNSYLVANIA, 17963
- **NAICS:** 313312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping others determine why a roll of fabric was not feeding correctly into a machine. A metal roller, under tension from fabric, bent and slipped out from the roller guide. It struck the employee, causing a compound fracture of the left tibia and fibula.

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