# Fractures at Qaulico Steel Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016021522` · 2/18/2016 · WEBB, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Qaulico Steel Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 7797 E. HWY 52, WEBB, ALABAMA, 37376
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was heating a 40-foot steel beam to adjust its camber when the beam fell over and struck the employee's right leg, breaking the tibia and fibula.

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