# Fractures and burns at Ellwood Texas Forge, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077553` · 7/25/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Molten or hot metals, slag
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ellwood Texas Forge, Inc.
- **Location:** 12500 Amelia Dr, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77045
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After measuring a hot forging using calipers, an employee turned and was walking away when the forging came loose of the manipulator and hit the back of his left leg, fracturing his ankle and causing second degree burns on his leg.

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