# Fractures at Gerdau Macsteel
> OSHA SIR `2017021375` · 2/11/2017 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Gerdau Macsteel
- **Location:** 5225 Planters Rd, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72916
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting a bundle of steel when the overhead crane that carried the steel bundle actuated and pinched the employee between the steel bundle and a steel bundle carrier. He suffered pelvic fractures and crushing injuries to his left hand.

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