# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Universal Scrap Metals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043437` · 4/17/2017 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Universal Scrap Metals, Inc.
- **Location:** 2500 W. Fulton, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60612
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee had just returned from picking up a semi-trailer of scrap metal from a third-party and was opening the doors to the semi-trailer before backing into the loading dock. When the employee opened the door on the driver's side, scrap metal fell from the trailer onto the employee resulting in a broken hip and leg and internal injuries requiring surgery.

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