# Fractures at Southland Steel Fabricators
> OSHA SIR `2025088428` · 8/23/2025 · AMITE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Panels, sheets, plates  metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Southland Steel Fabricators
- **Location:** 13040 Foulks Lane, AMITE, LOUISIANA, 70422
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane with a magnet to lift a steel plate. The crane moved unexpectedly and the plate struck the employee's left leg, lacerating it and fracturing the shin. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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