# Fractures at Kennametal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018055269` · 5/30/2018 · HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot(feet) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kennametal, Inc.
- **Location:** 7300 Madison Blvd, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35806
- **NAICS:** 333514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee weighed and placed a drum of material onto a pallet and released the drum grabber fixture from the drum. As the employee began walking and repositioning the hoist with the remote control pendent, the hoist released from the beam and struck a drum causing impact with the employee's left leg. The employee suffered a fractured left leg and foot.

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