AS EE WAS LIFTING A LARGE METAL PLATE USING A PAD EYE AND OVERHEAD HOIST, THE WELD ON THE PAD EYE FAILED CAUSING THE PLATE TO FALL APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES AND LANDING ON HIS LEFT FOOT. XRAYS T AKEN AT THE GIBSON GENERAL ER INDICATED A FRACTURE TO ONE METARSAL IN THE LEFT FOOT.