# Fractures at Brilex Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221210872` · 12/14/2022 · YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple leg locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Brilex Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 101 Andrews Avenue, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, 44503
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was welding steel pieces that are approximately 120 inches in length, 90 inches wide, and 12 inches tall. An overhead crane was moving a part when the part fell and struck the employee's right leg. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to the femur and fibula.

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