# Fractures at United Building Materials
> OSHA SIR `20221210657` · 12/7/2022 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Wallboard, drywall, sheetrock
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** United Building Materials
- **Location:** 246 North High St., COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43215
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pushing a cart loaded with drywall when one of the cart's wheels became caught on a higher elevation in the uneven floor causing the cart to tip over. The drywall landed on the employee's leg, fracturing the tibia and fibula.

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