# Fractures at Electric Boat
> OSHA SIR `20191212673` · 12/10/2019 · GROTON, CONNECTICUT
## 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:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Overhead hoists, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Electric Boat
- **Location:** 75 Eastern Point Road, GROTON, CONNECTICUT, 06340
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A 6-foot piece of steel weighing approximately 1,300 pounds was being hoisted, when it slipped from the rigging and fell from approximately 8 feet, striking a machine and then striking an employee in the leg. The employee's leg was fractured.

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