# Fractures at Myrex Industries
> OSHA SIR `20221110120` · 11/17/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Myrex Industries
- **Location:** 1912 Buschong, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77039
- **NAICS:** 332323
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to weld a steel beam that was on work horses in front of him. The employee used a wireless control to retract the sling of a crane back to the safe position. The sling snagged an angle iron that was attached to the beam, causing the beam to topple over and push the employee backward into a stack of steel. He then fell to the floor and the beam landed on his lower right leg, resulting in fractures to the tibia and fibula, and a laceration to the back of the head.

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