# Fractures at Kiwo Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021043591` · 4/30/2021 · SEABROOK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Special process machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Kiwo Inc
- **Location:** Kiwo Manufacturing Plant, SEABROOK, TEXAS, 77586
- **NAICS:** 325612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spraying down the shaft and blade of a mixer. The employee became stuck to the shaft, which was still sticky, and was pulled in and spun around. The employee suffered a broken tibia and fibula and was hospitalized.

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