# Fractures at Bell Steel Company
> OSHA SIR `2023010073` · 1/4/2023 · PENSACOLA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Wood, lumber, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Bell Steel Company
- **Location:** 530 South C Street, PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, 32502
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking to check product stock levels when a board that was used for stacking the material broke, causing the material to shift. A pinch point was created and the employee's legs were caught between a channel and a steel beam, resulting in a broken ankle.

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