# Fractures at Uni-form Components Company
> OSHA SIR `2016054061` · 5/11/2016 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Uni-form Components Company
- **Location:** 10703 Sheldon Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77044
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a steel plate from a truck when the plate struck a steel half cylinder, causing the cylinder to fall and strike the employee's lower left leg. The employee suffered a broken left tibia and fibula.

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