# Fractures at MERRILL STEEL
> OSHA SIR `2017054143` · 5/7/2017 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** MERRILL STEEL
- **Location:** 2101 N. Packer Road, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lowering a steel beam onto cribbing with a gantry crane when the beam rolled on his leg and broke it.

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