# Fractures at Carpenter Technology Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017088213` · 8/25/2017 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Tables, worktables
## Employer
- **Name:** Carpenter Technology Corporation
- **Location:** 101 West Bern Street, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19601
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a push bar to move a 260-pound piece of scrap from a 42-inch high table into a scrap bin. The push bar hit another piece of scrap, and the scrap piece rolled off the table and hit his right ankle, fracturing his distal fibula and medial malleolus.

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