# Fractures at TMS International, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022065564` · 6/27/2022 · AXIS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Machinery or equipment incident on water vehicle
- **Source:** Barge
- **Secondary source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** TMS International, LLC
- **Location:** 12400 Hwy 43 N, AXIS, ALABAMA, 36505
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in a barge, setting up plates. As the plates were being adjusted, they hit the employee in the wrist and back, breaking the wrist and bruising the employee's ribs. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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