# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at W&W AFCO STEEL
> OSHA SIR `2025032849` · 3/26/2025 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Machine and tool parts, accessories  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Grinders, abraders
## Employer
- **Name:** W&W AFCO STEEL
- **Location:** 2221 Erskine St, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79415
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was grinding a beam when the grinding disc exploded and a fragment of the disc struck the employee's right lower leg. The employee sustained a laceration and a fracture to the right shin.

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