# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Thornton Steel Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021119414` · 11/1/2021 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Thornton Steel Company, LLC
- **Location:** 2700 West Pafford St., FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76110
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was helping to unload metal tubes from a trailer. A co-worker was operating an overhead crane to lift a bundle of tubes. The load started to go sideways instead of in a straight line. As a result, the injured employee took a step backward and fell to the ground, sustaining two fractured ribs, a fractured right cheekbone, and a concussion.

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