# Fractures at Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016076941` · 7/30/2016 · PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Copper & Manufacturing Corporation
- **Location:** 5700 Proctor, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, 77642
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was gauging tack welds when the strong back plate fell on the employee's left leg. The strong back plate holds 2 base plates together while they weld.

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