# Fractures at Armormax Refractories, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021075847` · 7/16/2021 · EDINBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Caps, lids, covers, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Armormax Refractories, Inc.
- **Location:** 3138 Ben Franklin Hwy, EDINBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 16116
- **NAICS:** 444190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting co-workers with re-lining a steel ladle cover for a ladle that was approximately 12 feet by 14 feet. The ladle was attached to an overhead double girder bridge crane and was suspended off the floor. The ladle lid moved off the crane and landed on the employee's foot, resulting in broken bones.

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