# Fractures at Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20221210691` · 12/8/2022 · FRIONA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cargill Meat Solutions Corporation
- **Location:** 1530 US-60, FRIONA, TEXAS, 79035
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing the captive bolt handheld stunner to stun an animal when it dropped onto his leg and fired. The employee sustained a fracture to the left tibia and fibula.

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