# Fractures at Eastern Metal Supply, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025065305` · 6/4/2025 · WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Shearing machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Eastern Metal Supply, Inc.
- **Location:** 6729 Belvedere Road BLDG: 5, WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, 33413
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting material using a shear machine. She went to bring down the lever of the machine when her knee contacted the machine. The employee sustained a fractured knee.

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