# Fractures at Robinson Metal, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015086155` · 8/26/2015 · DE PERE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Robinson Metal, Inc.
- **Location:** 1740 Eisenhower Rd., DE PERE, WISCONSIN, 54115
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 26, 2015, an employee working on a metal tank was struck by a falling pipe assembly weighting approximately 700 lbs. after removing bolts from the top flanges. The employee suffered broken ribs and a possible fractured vertebrae.

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