# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at AZZ GALVANIZING - JOLIET
> OSHA SIR `2024098942` · 9/25/2024 · JOLIET, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Parts and materials  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AZZ GALVANIZING - JOLIET
- **Location:** 625 MILLS ROAD, JOLIET, ILLINOIS, 60433
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a tablet to track material received at the facility. The material consisted of nine rings held together with nuts and bolts, with each ring weighing approximately 850 pounds. The employee entered the nested material to verify the sizes. When he stood up, the material shifted and fell onto his left leg, resulting in a laceration to his left calf, along with ligament damage and a fracture to his lower left leg.

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