# Fractures at Gufl Copper
> OSHA SIR `2015097181` · 9/29/2015 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Bending, crawling, reaching, twisting-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
## Employer
- **Name:** Gufl Copper
- **Location:** 2920 Todd Road, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77554
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee dropped the plate that he was carrying with a crane. He was pushing the plate with his right foot when he dropped it. He reacted by turning his body quickly, twisting his ankle and fracturing his left foot. The plate did not strike the employee.

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