# Fractures at Vega's Drywall
> OSHA SIR `2023054677` · 5/25/2023 · HASTINGS, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Sheet metal
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** Vega's Drywall
- **Location:** 1335 West M Street, HASTINGS, NEBRASKA, 68901
- **NAICS:** 238310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were pushing a drywall cart filled with heavy metal sheets inside a building. When the cart was turned, it tipped and struck an employee's legs. The employee suffered a broken left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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