# Fractures at Process Equipment, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032059` · 3/7/2022 · PELHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Process Equipment, Inc.
- **Location:** 15 Welborn Street, PELHAM, ALABAMA, 35124
- **NAICS:** 333413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 5-ton overhead crane, configured with a clamp, to lift a 1,320-pound metal plate. The clamp slipped and the plate struck the employee. Both of the employee's legs were broken.

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