# Fractures at Southwest Galvanizing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025021302` · 2/10/2025 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Galvanizing, Inc.
- **Location:** 737 Aleen Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was looking for surface imperfections in material before it was galvanized. An I-beam fell over and struck the employee in the left leg, breaking it.

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