# Fractures at Quality Electric Steel Castings, LP
> OSHA SIR `2018043506` · 4/12/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Presses, except printing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Quality Electric Steel Castings, LP
- **Location:** 252 McCarty St., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 331513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a press when a piece of metal slipped off of a casting and struck his left leg, breaking it above the ankle.

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