# Fractures at Masaba, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065208` · 6/8/2017 · VERMILLION, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Masaba, Inc.
- **Location:** 1617 317th Street, VERMILLION, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57069
- **NAICS:** 333131
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a large piece of welded steel (feeder hopper side) off of a sawhorse onto the floor using an overhead crane and chains. After the employee unhooked the chain, the structure fell towards the employee striking his lower right leg and fracturing the tibia/fibula.

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