# Fractures at Taubensee Steel & Wire Company
> OSHA SIR `2020010447` · 1/15/2020 · WHEELING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Winders, unwinders
## Employer
- **Name:** Taubensee Steel & Wire Company
- **Location:** 600 Diens Drive, WHEELING, ILLINOIS, 60090
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 15, 2020, an employee was walking toward a wire carrier that was about to finish uncoiling when the wire carrier became jammed and fell onto the employee's ankle, breaking it.

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