# Fractures at TDIndustries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021064944` · 6/17/2021 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Sheet metal
## Employer
- **Name:** TDIndustries, Inc.
- **Location:** 910 5th Ave., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76104
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were moving a pallet of sheet metal from ground level to the ninth floor using a buck hoist. As they arrived on the ninth floor, the sheet metal bowed in the middle and fell over, pinning the employee's legs and resulting in a lower leg fracture.

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