# Fractures at Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065769` · 6/29/2023 · PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Bands
## Employer
- **Name:** Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 7000 SW Adams Street, PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61641
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 29, 2023, an employee was working near the edge of the carrier/woody pit located in the rod mill reform area of the plant. The employee removed banding from around compressed steel. Due to the release of tension, the steel pushed the employee, causing him to fall approximately 8 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right heel and required surgery.

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