# Fractures at Global Metal Construction d.o.o.
> OSHA SIR `2021087446` · 8/30/2021 · MOUNT STERLING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Global Metal Construction d.o.o.
- **Location:** 1 Dot Way, MOUNT STERLING, ILLINOIS, 62353
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 30, 2021, an employee was unpacking and redistributing assembly materials. He used a scalpel to cut the banding on a bundle of vertically placed steel L-profiles. The L-profiles then fell over and onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to both legs.

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