# Fractures at BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Jacksonville, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023087958` · 8/29/2023 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Jacksonville, LLC
- **Location:** 8500 Heckscher Drive, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32226
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a crane lift and needed to remove a 24-foot aluminum gangway that is attached to a 5-foot platform/turntable. The gangway swung and pinned the employee's left leg against a stanchion of the stair tower. The employee sustained a fractured left tibia.

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