# Crushing injuries at Baten Steel Erectors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181111915` · 11/19/2018 · IRVING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Angle irons
## Employer
- **Name:** Baten Steel Erectors, Inc.
- **Location:** Corner of Ranchview and Sante Fe Trail, IRVING, TEXAS, 75063
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two workers were separating a bundle of 2-3 angle iron bar joists. The injured employee was using a pry bar on the ground and was the "hook-on" man. He was separating the angle iron (30-feet length x 2ft. high) when a loose iron bar joist fell onto the employee's left leg crushing it.

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