# Fractures at Southwest Galvanizing
> OSHA SIR `2017099196` · 9/25/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Galvanizing
- **Location:** 737 Aleen Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 25, 2017, at approximately 11:15 AM, a crane operator was moving fabricated steel material when the material shifted as it was being lowered and slid off its resting place. The material struck an employee's right foot, breaking it and cutting a toe.

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