# Fractures at FEDERAL MARINE TERMINALS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019032742` · 3/15/2019 · PALMETTO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** FEDERAL MARINE TERMINALS, INC.
- **Location:** 600 TAMPA BAY WAY, PALMETTO, FLORIDA, 34221
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting the banding from bundles of wood when the bundle became unstable, hitting the ground and the shin area of the employee's left leg. The employee suffered a broken leg.

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