# Fractures at Tampa Bay Steel
> OSHA SIR `2018066433` · 6/28/2018 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tampa Bay Steel
- **Location:** 6901 E 6th Avenue, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33619
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee unloaded a beam and laid it down. While attempting to remove chains from underneath the beam, the beam slipped and crushed the employee's leg between the beam and a pipe. The employee sustained a compound fracture to the lower left leg.

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