# Fractures at Vale Electric
> OSHA SIR `2025043216` · 4/7/2025 · NAMPA, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other propelled object or substance  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Strapping, bands
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle trailers, trailing units
## Employer
- **Name:** Vale Electric
- **Location:** 1928 S Happy Valley Road, NAMPA, IDAHO, 83686
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was releasing a chain binder that was securing a spooler on a trailer when it released unexpectedly and struck him in the lower right leg. The employee sustained a fractured right leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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