# Fractures at Triple S Steel Supply
> OSHA SIR `20181111506` · 11/7/2018 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** Triple S Steel Supply
- **Location:** 2042 W. Thompson Pl., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78226
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just cut the last metal band from a bundle of steel tubes that had been placed on top of another bundle of steel tubes. Both bundles collapsed toward his right leg, causing blunt trauma and a possible broken tibia.

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