# Fractures at H & H Iron and Metal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087371` · 8/5/2020 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** H & H Iron and Metal, Inc.
- **Location:** 3822 Agnes Street, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78405
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were cutting and torching metal scraps. A metal object fell onto an employee causing multiple fractures to the ribs and spine.

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