# Fractures at American Steel Fabricators
> OSHA SIR `2017054758` · 5/25/2017 · ELMHURST, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Steel Fabricators
- **Location:** unknown, ELMHURST, ILLINOIS, 60126
- **NAICS:** 331221
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was delivering steel material to a customer. As the customer offloaded the product from the employee's truck, the steel load shifted and fell, striking the employee's leg. His foot/leg were fractured and required surgery.

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