# Fractures at American Heavy Plates
> OSHA SIR `2024043151` · 4/10/2024 · CLARINGTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Heavy Plates
- **Location:** 42722 State Route 7, CLARINGTON, OHIO, 43915
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disassembling a bundle of angle iron to repair a table used for burning steel parts. The bundle collapsed and angle iron struck his left leg. The employee's left tibia and fibula were fractured and required surgery.

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