# Fractures at Tassco, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022054318` · 5/17/2022 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Tassco, LLC
- **Location:** 25 West Park Circle, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35211
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane to lift a half-inch steel plate off a plasma table. The plate shifted and fell, striking the employee's upper right leg and breaking it. He was hospitalized.

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