# Fractures at Gorbel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010909` · 1/28/2020 · PELL CITY, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Gorbel, Inc.
- **Location:** 600 Ed Gardner Drive, PELL CITY, ALABAMA, 35128
- **NAICS:** 333923
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an in-house manufactured utility cart to move 50 metal plates. The plates were stacked on the cantilevered end when the cart tipped and the metal plates slid off, striking the employee. The employee suffered a fractured left foot, tibia, fibula, and ankle.

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