# Fractures at Schnabel Foundation Company
> OSHA SIR `2016076250` · 7/12/2016 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Schnabel Foundation Company
- **Location:** 901 L Street NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20001
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spotting for a forklift driver who was attempting to lift a steel I-beam. The employee was standing on the opposite side of the I-beam pile from the forklift. When the driver began to lift the I-beam, the pile shifted. 
One of the-I beams rolled down and landed on the employee's ankle, breaking it in several places.

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