# Fractures at Gulfco Forge Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018088438` · 8/16/2018 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Band saws
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulfco Forge Company LLC
- **Location:** 6817 Industrial Road, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77705
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the roller bed of a band saw to re-measure the next cut that he was going to make when a steel piece (22" x 26" cross section and 7" long) that was previously cut fell on him, fracturing his left ankle.

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