# Fractures at PYCO Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022087055` · 8/10/2022 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Strapping
## Employer
- **Name:** PYCO Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 2901 Ave. A, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79404
- **NAICS:** 111191
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were using a bucket loader to pull a forklift out of mud. The strap being used to pull the forklift snapped, and a hook on it struck one employee's left shin, causing an open fracture.

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