# Fractures at Steward Steel Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021042923` · 4/8/2021 · SIKESTON, MISSOURI
## 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:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Steward Steel Inc
- **Location:** 1219 East U.S. Hwy 62, SIKESTON, MISSOURI, 63801
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A steel member was being transported by a material handling magnet. The magnet lost contact with the steel member surface while it was being transported to the staging area. The steel member fell and struck the injured employee's leg resulting in a lower leg fracture.

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