# Fractures at NUCOR-YAMATO STEEL, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010913` · 1/30/2023 · BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Handrails, banisters
## Employer
- **Name:** NUCOR-YAMATO STEEL, Inc.
- **Location:** 5929 E. STATE HIGHWAY 18, BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72315
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had placed a keeper on a spade and ducked under the spade to place another keeper. The employee tripped while going under the spade and fell into a hand rail, resulting in five broken ribs.

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