# Fractures at South Atlantic Galvanizing
> OSHA SIR `2017098674` · 9/9/2017 · SHANNON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** South Atlantic Galvanizing
- **Location:** 61 County Road 520, SHANNON, MISSISSIPPI, 38868
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck by a 1,000-pound steel truss that fell off of a parked forklift, suffering jaw, pelvic, back, and rib fractures and requiring hospitalization.

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