# Fractures at Wood Group USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021104` · 2/3/2020 · SEMINOLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple leg locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Wood Group USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 521 Hwy 62-180, SEMINOLE, TEXAS, 79360
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was building an electrical rack (support rack) with an 8' by 20' steel plate (2,200 lbs.). The employee was helping to hold the plate vertically while a forklift driver was trying to turn it over when the forklift bumped the steel plate, causing it to fall on top of the employee's legs. The employee suffered a broken right tibia, fibula, and femur.

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