# Fractures at Krueger Engineering & Manufacturing Co. Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076599` · 7/19/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Doors  rail mounted and garage
- **Secondary source:** Walls
## Employer
- **Name:** Krueger Engineering & Manufacturing Co. Inc.
- **Location:** 12001 Hirsch Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77050
- **NAICS:** 333618
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were assessing an overhead door that was damaged by a hurricane. The door was under spring-loaded tension when it broke loose, releasing all the tension. The door struck an employee's leg, causing a laceration to the right leg and a fracture to the right tibia. The employee was hospitalized.

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