# Fractures at Metal Forms LTD
> OSHA SIR `20181010133` · 10/1/2018 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Metal Forms LTD
- **Location:** 7218 Garth Street, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77705
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane to flip a carbon steel metal plate, weighing 400 pounds, 2 inches thick, and 36 inches in diameter. The plate fell from the crane, breaking bones in the employee's right foot.

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