# Fractures at Ericsson Wireless Communications INC
> OSHA SIR `2021065266` · 6/28/2021 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Ericsson Wireless Communications INC
- **Location:** 2599 Wallingwood Dr, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78746
- **NAICS:** 811213
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a co-worker were unloading a cable spool weighing approximately 500 to 600 pounds from a trailer. The spool shifted and fell from the edge of the trailer onto the employee's lower right leg, resulting in a fracture that required surgery.

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