# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Equus Metals
> OSHA SIR `2018043675` · 4/17/2018 · TULSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Rails-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** Equus Metals
- **Location:** 6755 State Highway 66, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74131
- **NAICS:** 332323
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading metal rails from a transport trailer when the rails slid off the trailer supports and struck the employee in the back and lower leg. The employee suffered damaged vertebrae and a lower leg injury, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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