# Fractures at Dunkirk Specialty Steel - Brigham Road
> OSHA SIR `2017076177` · 7/6/2017 · DUNKIRK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Dunkirk Specialty Steel - Brigham Road
- **Location:** 830 Brigham road, DUNKIRK, NEW YORK, 14048
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing nearby as a crane operator attempted to remove a spindle from the mill. The operator hoisted the crane up too high and the chain sling broke. When the chain broke, it struck the employee on the right elbow, lacerating and fracturing part of the humerus bone.

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