# Fractures at ArcelorMittal Weirton, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019077707` · 7/29/2019 · WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cart, dolly, hand truck-nonpowered
## Employer
- **Name:** ArcelorMittal Weirton, LLC
- **Location:** 100 Pennsylvania Avenue, WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26062
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was searching for scrap debris behind tailing rolls. The employee was descending a step at the tension reel area towards the coil car when his heel slipped, causing him to fall into the coil car, striking his rib cage. He sustained three broken ribs and a contusion on the side.

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