# Fractures at Metals USA Specialty Metals Northcentral, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171110859` · 11/10/2017 · NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Metals USA Specialty Metals Northcentral, Inc.
- **Location:** 3000 Shermer Rd., NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS, 60062
- **NAICS:** 333516
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 11, 2017, an employee suffered a hand fracture while attempting to stop a coil from falling off a horse.

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