# Fractures at Kohler Company
> OSHA SIR `2023109285` · 10/9/2023 · KOHLER, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Dies, molds, patterns
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kohler Company
- **Location:** 444 Highland Drive, KOHLER, WISCONSIN, 53044
- **NAICS:** 332998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While preparing a core mold for pouring, an employee used a crane and a lifting fixture to flip the mold. As the mold flipped, a 125-pound portion of the mold fell from the flask and landed on the employee's lower right leg, resulting in hospitalization for closed fractures to the tibia and fibula.

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