# Fractures at Humic Growth Solutions, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20241110904` · 11/22/2024 · SHELBY, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Pumps  except oil well
- **Secondary source:** Shoes, socks, footwear
## Employer
- **Name:** Humic Growth Solutions, Inc.
- **Location:** 28190 U.S. 2, SHELBY, MONTANA, 59474
- **NAICS:** 325311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on a pump. They replaced the pump and activated the pump motor for testing. The 7.5 HP mix tank pump impeller caught the employee's shoelace, causing their leg to get pulled against the pump housing. The employee sustained a compound fracture of the lower left leg.

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