# Fractures at Ellwood Texas Forge Navasota
> OSHA SIR `2017077009` · 7/26/2017 · NAVASOTA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** Ellwood Texas Forge Navasota
- **Location:** 10908 CR 419, NAVASOTA, TEXAS, 77868
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee set a 400-pound metal spindle on top of a metal table so that he could inspect it. The spindle then rolled off the table and hit his lower left leg, breaking it and requiring surgery.

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