# Fractures at Cincinnati Tool Steel
> OSHA SIR `2021108846` · 10/14/2021 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## 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:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
- **Secondary source:** Sawing machinery-stationary, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cincinnati Tool Steel
- **Location:** 5190 28th Avenue, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61109
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 14, 2021, an employee was moving a steel roll (about 8 inches in diameter, 155 inches long, and 2,500-3,000 pounds in weight) off a saw onto a forklift. The roll fell about 3-4 feet, landing on his foot and lacerating and fracturing it.

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