# Fractures at Erie Strayer Company
> OSHA SIR `2017032822` · 3/29/2017 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Erie Strayer Company
- **Location:** 1851 Rudolph Street, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16502
- **NAICS:** 333120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane to move a 3/8" thick, 3' x 10' piece of steel plate. There was a chain on the crane hook, which was attached to an eye bolt for moving the steel plate. The steel plate came off the crane hook, bounced off of a bench, and struck the employee in the leg. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg and had surgery.

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