# Fractures at GERBER METAL SUPPLY COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20171211842` · 12/13/2017 · READINGTON, NEW JERSEY
## 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:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** GERBER METAL SUPPLY COMPANY
- **Location:** 2 BOUNDARY ROAD, READINGTON, NEW JERSEY, 08870
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a cart to move a bundle of steel when the steel rolled off the cart and fractured the employee's right ankle.

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