# Fractures at Titan Wheel Corporation of Illinois
> OSHA SIR `2021086652` · 8/8/2021 · QUINCY, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Titan Wheel Corporation of Illinois
- **Location:** 2701 Spruce Street, QUINCY, ILLINOIS, 62301
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 8, 2021, an employee was using a hoist to move a 335-pound disk from a conveyor to a racking system. The disk fell from the hoist and hit the employee's left leg. He suffered a broken tibia and fibula and was hospitalized, undergoing surgery.

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