# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Vernor Material & Equipment Co Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022054482` · 5/23/2022 · FREEPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Containers, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Vernor Material & Equipment Co Inc
- **Location:** 545 Wilson Road, FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77541
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a blowtorch to cut a large metal container when a piece of metal fell from the container and struck him. The employee was hospitalized with a concussion and a fractured femur.

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