# Fractures at Stephens Pipe and Steel
> OSHA SIR `2020054281` · 5/7/2020 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Gates
- **Secondary source:** Skid steer loaders, mini loaders
## Employer
- **Name:** Stephens Pipe and Steel
- **Location:** 3450 Millikin CT, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43228
- **NAICS:** 332323
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just delivered a 30-foot cantilever gate. He began re-strapping his remaining load while others unloaded the gate. The gate slipped out of the forks of a skid steer, tipped over, and struck the employee's legs from behind. Both his ankles were broken and he was hospitalized.

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