# Crushing injuries at Contractors Steel Company
> OSHA SIR `2021021802` · 2/27/2021 · TWINSBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Metal materials-nonstructural, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Contractors Steel Company
- **Location:** 8383 Boyle Drive, TWINSBURG, OHIO, 44087
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was utilizing a crane to stack steel when the chain hit a piece of wood on the stack next to it. The steel being transported fell off the crane striking the employee and causing crushing injuries to their lower right leg.

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