# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Metals and Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211210944` · 12/20/2021 · ADDISON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Metals and Services Inc.
- **Location:** 145 N. Swift Road, ADDISON, ILLINOIS, 60101
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a 4-foot by 3-foot steel plate from a table to the floor in preparation for shipment. A plate clamp and crane were being used for hoisting. While the plate was being lifted off the table, it swung into the employee, then moved to the floor, striking the employee's right shin/ankle/foot.

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