# Fractures at MJ Lathern Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `20181111426` · 11/6/2018 · HEWITT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** MJ Lathern Company LLC
- **Location:** 224 North Hewitt Drive, HEWITT, TEXAS, 76643
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a truck bed, positioning bundles that were being loaded onto the truck by an overhead crane. The crane lifted a bundle on the truck and it struck the employee, breaking his left femur.

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