# Fractures at ArcelorMittal
> OSHA SIR `2015030406` · 3/30/2015 · VINTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal sheets, ingots, bars-nonstructural
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** ArcelorMittal
- **Location:** I-10 & Vinton Rd., VINTON, TEXAS, 79821
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 30, 2015, at approximately 7:30 a.m., employees were using an overhead crane to move a sub-product (billet) from a lower level to a higher level. When the billet was situated on the higher level, the chain loosened; it toppled over and fell the down the stairs, striking the employee who was coming up to unhook it. The employee was hospitalized with a scalp laceration and spine fractures.

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