# Fractures at Macuch Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065920` · 6/28/2017 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Macuch Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 1527 Augusta Ave., AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30901
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a steel beam and using an overhead crane to set the beam down onto the workstation. As the beam was lowering, it started to tilt toward the employee. The employee used both hands to stop the beam from coming toward him. The beam then fell onto the ground, striking the employee's thigh and breaking his ankle.

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