# Fractures at Trailboss Equipment
> OSHA SIR `2021010113` · 1/6/2021 · SHINER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **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:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
## Employer
- **Name:** Trailboss Equipment
- **Location:** 959 TX-95 N., SHINER, TEXAS, 77984
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a 400-pound sheet of plate steel onto a table using a hoist system. The safety hook failed and the sheet of metal fell 8 feet, striking the employee in the left leg and breaking the tibia.

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