# Fractures at Process Equipment Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088710` · 8/23/2018 · PELHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Benches, workbenches, saw horses
## Employer
- **Name:** Process Equipment Inc.
- **Location:** 2770 Welborn Street, PELHAM, ALABAMA, 35124
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing two 12-inch by 40-foot pieces of channel iron to be marked and drilled. The two pieces were on work stands; while the employee was moving them closer together, they fell over, bounced off the stands, and struck the employee's lower left leg. He suffered a fracture to the leg, just above the ankle.

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