# Fractures at Olympic Steel
> OSHA SIR `2017021348` · 2/10/2017 · BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-powered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Olympic Steel
- **Location:** 5080 Richmond Road, BEDFORD HEIGHTS, OHIO, 44146
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to lift two bundles of cut steel from a conveyor when the weight shifted, causing the bundles to fall onto the employee's left leg, fracturing it.

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