# Fractures at Mustang Machinery Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023021019` · 2/1/2023 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Mustang Machinery Company, LLC
- **Location:** 2905 W. Cardinal Drive, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77705
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a hydraulic thumb from an excavator. When the employee removed the pin, the thumb fell, striking the employee on the left foot. He sustained a laceration and broken bones in the foot. The employee was hospitalized.

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