# Fractures at SMC Logistics, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025043621` · 4/18/2025 · HOUSTON, 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:** Vehicle and machine front attachments
- **Secondary source:** Skid-steer loaders, mini loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** SMC Logistics, LLC
- **Location:** 667 Benmar Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77060
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At the conclusion of the workday, an employee was removing the bucket attachment from the skid steer. During this task, the quick-attach handle became jammed due to a rock lodged within the locking mechanism. The employee dismounted the skid steer to manually clear the obstruction. While removing the rock, the bucket attachment released and dropped onto the employee's left foot, fracturing toes. The employee was hospitalized.

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