# Fractures at Gulf Stream Marine
> OSHA SIR `2023087070` · 8/4/2023 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Stream Marine
- **Location:** 16800 Peninsula St, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77015
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reaching over a small stack of steel billets on the ground to cut a strap. When the strap was cut, one of the billets (weighing 5,182 pounds) rolled down onto his right leg. He was pinned and suffered a broken tibia. The incident occurred while the employee was training.

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