# Fractures and dislocations at OLYMPIC STEEL, INCORPORATED
> OSHA SIR `2019055140` · 5/21/2019 · CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-power not determined, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** OLYMPIC STEEL, INCORPORATED
- **Location:** 1599 NITTERHOUSE DRIVE, CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17201
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was flipping the "boom strip" from a horizontal position to a vertical position with a flipper bar when the tool slipped causing the "boom strip" to shift and strike the employee's left leg. The employee suffered a fractured and dislocated left ankle.

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