# Fractures at WIRECO WORLDGROUP, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20231211673` · 12/27/2023 · KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** WIRECO WORLDGROUP, INC.
- **Location:** 2806 North Industrial Road, KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI, 63501
- **NAICS:** 332618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to disassemble large reels used to store steel wire when a 264-pound flange from the reel fell over onto the employee's left leg. The employee sustained multiple fractures to their leg and ligament injuries to the lower leg.

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