# Fractures at Laurel Creek Hardwoods
> OSHA SIR `2020076321` · 7/8/2020 · RICHWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Logs
## Employer
- **Name:** Laurel Creek Hardwoods
- **Location:** 192 Riverside Dr, RICHWOOD, WEST VIRGINIA, 26261
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a cant hook to remove a stuck cant from a cant catcher. The cant kicked back and struck the employee in the lower left leg, breaking the leg. The employee was hospitalized.

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