# Fractures at Wieland Rolled Products North America LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020109811` · 10/15/2020 · EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Wieland Rolled Products North America LLC
- **Location:** 250, EAST ALTON, ILLINOIS, 62024
- **NAICS:** 331420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to realign a floor plate in the metal transfer run when a coil of brass product fell off the buggy, pinning the employee's lower leg. The employee sustained a fractured  lower leg and wrist and a laceration on the back of the lower leg.

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