# Fractures at GeoStabilization International
> OSHA SIR `2016043332` · 4/21/2016 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** GeoStabilization International
- **Location:** I-59 South, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35901
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading rebar onto the forks of a forklift when the rebar rolled off the forks and struck the employee, breaking the right leg.

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