# Fractures at M. Rodrigue & Son, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076794` · 7/21/2017 · VACHERIE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** M. Rodrigue & Son, Inc.
- **Location:** 2239 LA-20, VACHERIE, LOUISIANA, 70090
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting and cleaning a 112' x 30" x 2" steel plate when it fell on the bridge of his left foot, lacerating it and causing soft tissue damage and fractures.

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