# Crushing injuries at Heartland Fabrication
> OSHA SIR `2021086790` · 8/11/2021 · BROWNSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Scaffolds-improvised staging
## Employer
- **Name:** Heartland Fabrication
- **Location:** 1800 Paul Thomas Boulevard, BROWNSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 15417
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a steel component that was resting on a piece of wood cribbing, about 8 inches off the ground. The cribbing broke and the component fell onto the employee's feet, crushing both of them.

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