# Crushing injuries at Bird Equipment LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2015085440` · 8/5/2015 · NORTH LIMA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Bird Equipment LLC.
- **Location:** 11950 SOUTH AVENUE, NORTH LIMA, OHIO, 44452
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fabricating highway signs was welding on a metal plate (approximately 530 pounds and 28"x33"x2") when the tack-welds gave way and the metal plate fell onto and crushed the employee's right leg.

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