# Fractures at Encore Wire Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2018077035` · 7/13/2018 · MCKINNEY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Overexertion in lifting-single episode
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Encore Wire Corporation
- **Location:** 1329 Millwood Road, MCKINNEY, TEXAS, 75069
- **NAICS:** 335929
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting reels of wire from the floor onto a golf cart. The employee suffered a fractured vertebra in the lower back.

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