# Fractures at Sippel Steel Fabrication
> OSHA SIR `2020098730` · 9/14/2020 · AMBRIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal plates, metal panels
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Sippel Steel Fabrication
- **Location:** 21 Century Drive, AMBRIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15003
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning up shot from under a steel plate that was being held up by a forklift. The plate fell onto the employee, breaking the employee's leg.

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