# Fractures at KWS Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
> OSHA SIR `2024065440` · 6/19/2024 · BURLESON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Shelves, shelving, racks
## Employer
- **Name:** KWS Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
- **Location:** 3041 Conveyor Drive, BURLESON, TEXAS, 76028
- **NAICS:** 333922
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee rolled a pipe off a shelf and it fell to the floor striking his boot at the edge of the steel toe and breaking his big toe and the one next to it. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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