# Fractures at Valor Steel
> OSHA SIR `2021097993` · 9/16/2021 · MILES CITY, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Bending, crimping machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Valor Steel
- **Location:** 184 HWY 59 N, MILES CITY, MONTANA, 59301
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a rebar bending machine. The rebar swung back on its long end and hit the employee's left leg, breaking the femur.

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