# Fractures at W-S Industrial Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022076627` · 7/28/2022 · EARTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
- **Secondary source:** Boilers
## Employer
- **Name:** W-S Industrial Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 970 County Rd 65, EARTH, TEXAS, 79031
- **NAICS:** 562998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing slag from a boiler. A falling piece of slag struck the employee, who suffered fractured vertebrae.

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