# Crushing injuries at Graf Tech International Holdings Inc
> OSHA SIR `20221210966` · 12/18/2022 · SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Concrete parking blocks and barriers
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Graf Tech International Holdings Inc
- **Location:** 800 Theresia Street, SAINT MARYS, PENNSYLVANIA, 15857
- **NAICS:** 332710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning the sill on a furnace when a nearby cement barrier was struck by a crane. The barrier fell over and landed on the employee's foot, resulting in crush injuries that required surgery.

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