# Crushing injuries at Willbanks Metals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022043493` · 4/22/2022 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** Willbanks Metals, Inc.
- **Location:** 1155 NE 28th Street, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76106
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling orders when a chain popped off the end of a bundle of pipes. The bundle rolled down and landed on his leg, crushing it. He then fell back and hit his head on the material behind him. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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