# Fractures at Cactus Flow Control
> OSHA SIR `2022097949` · 9/7/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cactus Flow Control
- **Location:** 325 Lockhaven Drive, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77073
- **NAICS:** 423830
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping unload large-diameter steel bar stock from a saw. The stock was about to hit the front of the saw; he unhooked the magnet holding it on the saw to make adjustments. The material fell onto his leg and broke his femur.

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