# Fractures at Olympia Building Supplies
> OSHA SIR `2022010912` · 1/31/2022 · LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Olympia Building Supplies
- **Location:** 4906 Lyons Rd., LAKE WORTH, FLORIDA, 33467
- **NAICS:** 423390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a remote controlled boom loader attached to a truck to unload metal studs. One of the metal studs fell and hit the ground, striking the employee's left leg. The employee suffered fractures to their left fibula and tibia, and they were hospitalized for surgery.

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