# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Western Waterproofing Company
> OSHA SIR `2025076980` · 7/18/2025 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(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  handtool
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Waterproofing Company
- **Location:** 1701 Bryant St., DENVER, COLORADO, 80204
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 9-inch grinder to remove the coating from a concrete surface. The grinder blade broke and a fragment of the blade struck their right leg above the knee, resulting in a laceration and multiple fractures. The employee was hospitalized.

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