# Fractures at Bluescope Buildings North America, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020010760` · 1/23/2020 · EVANSVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Bluescope Buildings North America, Inc.
- **Location:** 136 Walker Street, EVANSVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53536
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing near stacked steel beams, using a handheld remote to raise the top beam with a crane. When the beam was lifted up, the bottom beam became unstable and shifted off the dunnage onto the employee's right leg. The employee suffered a compound fracture of the lower leg.

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