# Fractures at NCI Group, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181011210` · 10/31/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** NCI Group, Inc.
- **Location:** 7301 Fairview St., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 321911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crane operator had placed a steel mill beam into a staging area with an overhead crane and was removing the lifting chain. The mill beam (29.5 feet long, weighing 956 pounds) fell forward, striking the crane operator on his left leg. His lower left leg was broken, and he was hospitalized.

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