# Fractures at Yarde Metals
> OSHA SIR `2016064960` · 6/6/2016 · SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Yarde Metals
- **Location:** 45 Newell Street, SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 06489
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was offloading steel when the steel rolled off the forklift and struck the employee's leg, breaking the ankle.

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