# Fractures at REX FORGE DIVISION
> OSHA SIR `2019077129` · 7/15/2019 · PLANTSVILLE, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Dimensional lumber: 2x4, 2x3, etc.
## Employer
- **Name:** REX FORGE DIVISION
- **Location:** 355 ATWATER STREET, PLANTSVILLE, CONNECTICUT, 06479
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a cable around a stack of steel bars when a 4x4 supporting the stack broke and the stack rolled down, pinning and breaking the employee's leg.

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