# Fractures at Howard Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024043734` · 4/30/2024 · LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils
- **Secondary source:** Strapping, bands
## Employer
- **Name:** Howard Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 3225 Pendorf Road, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, 39440
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting ready to load three steel coils. When they cut the band keeping the coil together, the coil began to fall. The employee attempted to stop the coil from falling and sustained a broken leg.

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