# Fractures at Allen Steel Erection Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010597` · 1/19/2023 · MOUNT DORA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Girders, beams, structural steel
- **Secondary source:** Containers-variable restraint, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Allen Steel Erection Inc.
- **Location:** Curaleaf Mt. Dora, 4055 Britt Rd, MOUNT DORA, FLORIDA, 32757
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee approached a stack of girders, one of which had fallen. While his back was turned to the stack, another girder fell onto his right leg, which caused his face to hit the girder already on the ground. He suffered a broken right leg, a damaged right eye, and a laceration to the nose.

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