# Fractures at Diamond Steel Construction
> OSHA SIR `2020088056` · 8/25/2020 · YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Diamond Steel Construction
- **Location:** 360 W Commerce Street, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, 44503
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were installing a 25-foot steel column that had a hitch to a steel base plate. As they tried to put the base plate on the foundation with a telehandler, it slipped out of the nylon sling. The hitch struck an employee on the left lower leg between the knee and ankle, causing a compound fracture.

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