# Fractures at Atlantic Reinforcing Concrete
> OSHA SIR `2022021314` · 2/11/2022 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Bags, sacks
- **Secondary source:** Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)
## Employer
- **Name:** Atlantic Reinforcing Concrete
- **Location:** 270 Park Ave Manhattan, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10017
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were carrying a one-ton bag of debris when one employee's leg was caught between the bag and a rebar. The employee's right tibia was fractured.

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