# Fractures at IHP Industrial Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019010242` · 1/8/2019 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Wallboard, drywall, sheetrock
## Employer
- **Name:** IHP Industrial Inc
- **Location:** 2621 N Belt Highway, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64506
- **NAICS:** 332919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove sheet rock that was blocking a shut-off valve when he became caught and fell with the sheet rock, fracturing his lower leg in three places.

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