# Fractures at Modern Welding Company of Texas
> OSHA SIR `2019055199` · 5/22/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Rolling mills, rolling, calendering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Modern Welding Company of Texas
- **Location:** 715 Sakowitz, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77020
- **NAICS:** 333992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an offset roll machine when a steel part rotated and fell from the machine, striking the employee. The employee suffered a broken femur.

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