# Fractures at Ryerson, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021020888` · 2/1/2021 · 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:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ryerson, Inc.
- **Location:** 43 Century Drive, AMBRIDGE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15003
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting the banding and straps of a steel tubing and fabricator bundle weighing approximately 1,000 pounds that had been loaded onto a truck. The steel bundle fell off the truck and onto the employee, resulting in a broken right leg.

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