# Fractures at Harris Rebar
> OSHA SIR `2015085643` · 8/11/2015 · NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
- **Secondary source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** Harris Rebar
- **Location:** 8163 Old Bastrop Road, NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS, 78130
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was struck in the shoulder by a falling piece of rebar breaking the collarbone. The rebar was ~42 feet long and weighed ~108 pounds. The rebar was being manually placed in a storage rack when it slipped and struck the employee.

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