# Crushing injuries at SOUTHWARK METAL MANUFACTURING CO.
> OSHA SIR `2018099608` · 9/17/2018 · FREMONT, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHWARK METAL MANUFACTURING CO.
- **Location:** 2073 N. RADEMAKERS WAY, FREMONT, NEBRASKA, 68025
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a wooden spacer between slit steel coils (weighing approximately 600 pounds) to transport them by crane when a coil shifted and fell on the employee's legs, crushing them.

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