# Fractures at Central Steel & Wire Company
> OSHA SIR `2018021770` · 2/21/2018 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Steel & Wire Company
- **Location:** 3000 West 51st Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60632
- **NAICS:** 331210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was driving a side loader (PIV) to retrieve steel orders when the brakes went out. The employee dismounted from the side loader and was pinned between it and a column, breaking a leg.

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