# Fractures at Smith Sawmill Service
> OSHA SIR `2022119886` · 11/9/2022 · SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA
## 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:** Saw blades-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Elevators, hoists, aerial lifts, personnel platforms-except truck-mounted, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smith Sawmill Service
- **Location:** 940 Aero Drive, SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA, 71107
- **NAICS:** 332216
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a nut on a 600-pound saw blade to secure it to a hydraulic lift. The blade slipped and the employee reached for it, sustaining a laceration to the right leg and a fractured fibula.

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