# Fractures at Conrad Shipyard, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015118885` · 11/23/2015 · MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Barge
## Employer
- **Name:** Conrad Shipyard, LLC
- **Location:** 1501 Front Street, MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA, 70380
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fitting a 40-foot steel plate onto the bow rake of a barge. The plate came loose and fell on the employee's leg, breaking the employee's femur.

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