# Fractures at Sterling Steel Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019022040` · 2/23/2019 · STERLING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Parking lot, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Sterling Steel Company, LLC
- **Location:** 101 Avenue K, STERLING, ILLINOIS, 61081
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee walking in the parking lot slipped on ice and fell breaking his ankle. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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