# Fractures at Valmont Industries
> OSHA SIR `2018010767` · 1/23/2018 · WEST HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Valmont Industries
- **Location:** 225 Kiwanis Boulevard, WEST HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18202
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was going to perform routine maintenance (cleaning) on the plasma cutter table. The employee lifted the top part off the plasma cutter table with an overhead crane. The interior slag tray slipped out of the rigging and fell onto the employee, who suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized.

---
*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*