# Fractures at Doherty Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221210944` · 12/16/2022 · OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Doherty Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** 6917 West 135th Street, OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, 66223
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been chaining a 6-foot long, 600-pound I-beam so it could be lifted. As it was lifted, the beam slipped from the chain and struck the employee, causing a fractured shin.

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