# Fractures at Metalplate Galvanizing, L.P. - Plant 2
> OSHA SIR `2021075710` · 7/13/2021 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Metalplate Galvanizing, L.P. - Plant 2
- **Location:** 1120 39th Street North, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35234
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with steel frames. He was cutting wires when the frames fell on him resulting in a fractured right femur and a fractured left leg. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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