# Fractures at Clean Harbors, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016087179` · 8/3/2016 · LA PORTE, 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:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Clean Harbors, LLC
- **Location:** 2027 Independence Parkway S., LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 562211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing a bin door when a chain attached to the bin became caught on a 4-feet x 8-feet x 3/4-inch sheet of steel plate that was leaning against the wall behind him. When he pushed to close the bin door, the chain pulled the steel plate onto his left lower leg, causing a compound fracture.

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