# Fractures at HOWARD INDUSTRIES
> OSHA SIR `2023054169` · 5/9/2023 · MENDENHALL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Winders, unwinders
## Employer
- **Name:** HOWARD INDUSTRIES
- **Location:** 2778 SIMPSON HWY 49, MENDENHALL, MISSISSIPPI, 39114
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a coil-winding machine when the mandrel and coil shoe came out of the machine and struck them in the leg, resulting in multiple fractures below the knee.

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