# Fractures at Merrill Steel South
> OSHA SIR `20191112246` · 11/26/2019 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Merrill Steel South
- **Location:** 2101 North Packer Road, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65803
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a crane to lift chains when the crane's hook got tangled. The crane's cable snapped and hit the employee in the lower back, causing a bruised liver, three fractured ribs, and a lumbar fracture.

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