# Fractures at VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015097202` · 9/30/2015 · TULSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** VALMONT INDUSTRIES INC.
- **Location:** 801 N. XANTHUS AVE., TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74110
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an overhead crane to move a 1100-pound steel structure from saw horses onto the floor. While moving the structure, the load shifted and hit the employee on the head. He fell backward and hit his head on the concrete floor. He was hospitalized with a skull fracture.

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