# Fractures at Deco Truss Co Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024043332` · 4/17/2024 · HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams, rods, blocks  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Other metal, wood, and special material machinery  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Deco Truss Co Inc
- **Location:** 13980 Southwest 252nd Street, HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA, 33032
- **NAICS:** 321214
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee stepped off a truss table onto the outfeed rollers when the truss slid down the rollers and onto the employee's right leg. The truss measured 20 feet long and weighed approximately 150 pounds. The employee sustained a broken tibia and fibula that required hospitalization.

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