# Fractures at Patriot Erectors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021021611` · 2/22/2021 · DENTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Patriot Erectors, Inc.
- **Location:** 3940 North Elm Street, DENTON, TEXAS, 76207
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting with moving steel columns and other materials around the jobsite. A steel column being moved by a forklift swung and struck the employee in his right lower leg, resulting in a broken fibula and tibia.

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