# Fractures at DHL Express (USA), Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018087995` · 8/6/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DHL Express (USA), Inc.
- **Location:** 836 Patton Drive, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60666
- **NAICS:** 492110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing near a winch system when the I-hook to the system broke and whipped around, fracturing the employee's right lower leg.

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