# Fractures at American Steel & Supply, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109480` · 10/3/2017 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** American Steel & Supply, Inc.
- **Location:** 8900 I-37, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78409
- **NAICS:** 423390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 500-pound metal pipe when it fell and struck the employee's hand, breaking it.

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