# Fractures at LFI Ft Pierce
> OSHA SIR `2019088467` · 8/16/2019 · NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** LFI Ft Pierce
- **Location:** 900 Admiral Doyle Rd., NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA, 70560
- **NAICS:** 813930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading steel beams from a flatbed truck. A beam fell off the truck and broke the employee's leg.

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