# Fractures at Western States Cat
> OSHA SIR `2022119716` · 11/4/2022 · POCATELLO, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged or flying object, unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Western States Cat
- **Location:** 8403 South 5th Avenue, POCATELLO, IDAHO, 83204
- **NAICS:** 811118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on the parking brake for a piece of equipment when the 60-pound tension plate on the parking break released, striking the employee and causing him to stumble backward and fall. The employee suffered a broken leg that required hospitalization.

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