# Bruises, contusions at Lockport Steel Fabricators, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021064493` · 6/2/2021 · LOCKPORT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Bruises, contusions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Lockport Steel Fabricators, LLC
- **Location:** 3051 S. State St., LOCKPORT, ILLINOIS, 60441
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 2, 2021, at 8:20 a.m., an employee was driving a forklift uphill that was holding bundles of beams that became unstable. With the forks on the ground, the employee attempted to move a board that was part of the load supporting the stack of bundles, causing one bundle to fall and pin the employee's leg between it and a bundle that had previously fallen. The employee was hospitalized due to a contusion to the left knee and leg.

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