# Fractures at Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087436` · 8/6/2020 · GROVEPORT, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Wheels, tire rims
## Employer
- **Name:** Amsted Rail Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 3900 Bixby Road, GROVEPORT, OHIO, 43125
- **NAICS:** 331511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While inspecting completed railroad wheels, a railroad wheel fell on an employee's legs and knocked him over. The employee suffered a compound fracture in his left ankle, broken metatarsals in his right foot, and an injury to his right ankle.

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