# Fractures at Cooper Ports America, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022054597` · 5/26/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** Cooper Ports America, LLC
- **Location:** 111 E. Loop North, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping a crane pick up a bundle of plywood. He noticed that one of the lifting straps was twisted as the lift was taking place and tried to kick it straight. His leg got caught in the strap as the bundle was lifted, and his leg was broken. He was hospitalized for surgery.

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