# Crushing injuries at STS Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020043970` · 4/30/2020 · SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-other fixed or stationary cranes
## Employer
- **Name:** STS Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** 10 Rush St., SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, 12305
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a jib crane to position a beam onto a workhorse when the beam struck a second beam, causing the second beam to fall to the floor. The beam, which weighed 644 lbs., fell on and crushed the employee's left foot.

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