# Fractures at LAFAYETTE STEEL & ALUMINUM CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2019043444` · 4/3/2019 · RIVERDALE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** LAFAYETTE STEEL & ALUMINUM CORPORATION
- **Location:** 141100 South Halsted, RIVERDALE, ILLINOIS, 60827
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was prepping to band material when the material tipped off the staging area and struck the employee's leg, fracturing it.

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