# Fractures at TMS International, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017065561` · 6/17/2017 · AXIS, 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:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** TMS International, LLC
- **Location:** 12400 Hwy 43 N, AXIS, ALABAMA, 36505
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding and constructing a steel cage from six 1,400-pound steel plates. He was guiding a steel plate from a forklift into position when the chains holding the steel plate slipped off the forklift forks and the 5' x 5' steel plate broke his right leg.

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