# Fractures at Gulf Island Shipyard
> OSHA SIR `2016010753` · 1/26/2016 · JENNINGS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Island Shipyard
- **Location:** 111 Bunge Street, JENNINGS, LOUISIANA, 70546
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crane was lifting a 40-foot load with a magnet when the load struck an object. When an employee tried to stabilize the load, it fell from the magnet and struck the employee's right leg, fracturing it.

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