# Fractures at City Materials Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087870` · 8/16/2017 · SHARON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling part of powered vehicle still attached
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** City Materials Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 300 Ohio Street, SHARON, PENNSYLVANIA, 16148
- **NAICS:** 327992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A 5,400-pound magnet was attached to an excavator. Employees were using the magnet and excavator to pull metal out of piles of slag. When these activities were completed, the excavator operator placed the magnet on uneven ground. An employee was attempting to remove the magnet from the excavator when it slid and landed on the employee's feet, causing multiple fractures in both feet.

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