# Fractures at North American Stevedoring Co., LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022098557` · 9/28/2022 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Barge
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** North American Stevedoring Co., LLC
- **Location:** 3600 East 95th Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60617
- **NAICS:** 488210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 28, 2022, employees were offloading steel plates from a barge. While a plate was being lifted, the injured employee walked between the plate being lifted and a pile of plates approximately 2 feet away. The plate being lifted swung toward the employee, and their left leg was crushed between the plate being lifted and the plates behind them, resulting in a broken left leg.

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