# Fractures at WESCO Distribution
> OSHA SIR `2020076443` · 7/10/2020 · IRVING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Garage doors
## Employer
- **Name:** WESCO Distribution
- **Location:** 9400 North Royal Lane, IRVING, TEXAS, 75063
- **NAICS:** 423610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to free a stuck overhead door. While trying to get a roller back into the track, a bottom plate which was under tension, came loose, and sprung up striking the employee in the forehead. The employee sustained a forehead laceration and possible skull fracture in the frontal lobe area.

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