# Fractures at Superior Iron Works Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018032326` · 3/8/2018 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Other structural elements, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Iron Works Inc
- **Location:** Independence Ave. & 1st Street, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20003
- **NAICS:** 332323
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a steel column onto a cart when the bar used to transport the column slipped, causing the column to fall onto the cart and then strike the employee's left foot. The employee's foot broke and suffered lacerations.

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