# Fractures at Maloney Glass and Overhead Door Company
> OSHA SIR `2022109422` · 10/27/2022 · HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Glass building materials
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Maloney Glass and Overhead Door Company
- **Location:** 1 Tranquility Base, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA, 35805
- **NAICS:** 238150
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unpacking a crate of glass panes. The employee was standing approximately 6 to 7 feet away from the crate, removing protruding screws from the lid that had just been removed from the crate. Six panes of glass (weighing approximately 2,000 pounds) fell out of the crate and struck the employee on the backs of his legs. The employee sustained a compound fracture to his lower left leg.

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