# Fractures at Suncoast Post-Tension
> OSHA SIR `2024109997` · 10/28/2024 · AUSTIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object dropped by person
- **Source:** Rods, reinforcing bar (rebar) metal
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Suncoast Post-Tension
- **Location:** 1st street, AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78701
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading rebar from a flatbed dump truck when he dropped the rebar and it struck his foot, resulting in a broken right ankle.

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