# Fractures at Trinity Tank Car
> OSHA SIR `2019088921` · 8/27/2019 · LONGVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Jaw, chin
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal materials-nonstructural, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Trinity Tank Car
- **Location:** 202 Progress Blvd., LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75604
- **NAICS:** 336510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane with a hoist to lift steel band material when the lifting device experienced tension from the overhead crane and slipped from the steel band. The steel band then struck and fractured his chin.

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