# Fractures at Swinerton
> OSHA SIR `2021053743` · 5/6/2021 · COYANOSA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Swinerton
- **Location:** 5177 Tipton Road, COYANOSA, TEXAS, 79730
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A labor crew was working to disassemble some empty spools that were positioned on the ground. As the middle bar on a spool was being removed, the 7 ft. top section of one of the spools tipped over. It struck one of the employees and fractured their right tibia and fibula.

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