# Fractures at Seah Steel USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019022204` · 2/28/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Seah Steel USA, LLC
- **Location:** 16937 Leonard, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77049
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lining up a seam between two pieces of metal to be automatically welded. The welder activated and the employee was pinched between it and a mobile vise, suffering broken ribs and a broken hip.

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