# Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified at Thornton Steel Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019043488` · 4/4/2019 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Thornton Steel Company, LLC
- **Location:** 2700 West Pafford St., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76110
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a floor-operated crane to haul a steel beam. The beam struck a stationary beam, which fell and pinned the employee's left leg. The employee suffered a torn ligament in the leg.

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