# Fractures at Southern Industrial Contractors, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032213` · 3/11/2022 · CORRIGAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Industrial Contractors, LLC
- **Location:** 1923 US 287, CORRIGAN, TEXAS, 75939
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An I-beam rafter structure had been assembled on the ground and was standing on its edge, about to be lifted. An employee was tightening a bolt on the structure with a torque wrench when the structure fell onto the employee's left leg. The employee suffered a broken left femur.

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