# Fractures at Southwest Galvanizing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025043334` · 4/10/2025 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structural elements  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Galvanizing, Inc.
- **Location:** 737 Aleen Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77029
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was cutting wire on a galvanized steel piece. Another employee was transporting their piece over the injured employee using two monorail cranes. One crane moved and the other remained stationary, causing the rigging to fail and the fabricated steel frame fell and struck the injured employee in the back/neck area. The employee was hospitalized for four broken ribs and a right shoulder contusion.

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