# Fractures at Patriot Erectors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021031999` · 3/6/2021 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Patriot Erectors, Inc.
- **Location:** 13100 Harris Ridge Road, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78753
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting welds loose on a steel assembly. The assembly broke loose and struck the employee, resulting in a fractured sternum, fractured collarbone, two fractured ribs, a bruised lung, and a fractured toe.

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