# Fractures at Wakefield Midwest, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032686` · 3/26/2024 · WITHEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught, entangled in running powered equipment  normal operation
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Shoes, socks, footwear
## Employer
- **Name:** Wakefield Midwest, Inc.
- **Location:** 511 Progress St, WITHEE, WISCONSIN, 54498
- **NAICS:** 331318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was waiting for material to be brought to this station when he placed his feet on a guard, covering the material table sprocket. The sprocket grabbed his boot string, pulling his right leg into the machine and causing a leg fracture.

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