# Fractures at Kennedy Galvanizing Inc
> OSHA SIR `20170910405` · 9/27/2017 · HANCEVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kennedy Galvanizing Inc
- **Location:** 301 Industrial Blvd, HANCEVILLE, ALABAMA, 35077
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 9/27/2017, an employee was preparing to lift a 300-pound, 12-foot steel column when the column became hung up. The tie wire used to lift the column then became stressed and broke, causing the column to fall and strike the employee, who suffered broken bones.

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