# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Merrill Iron & Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023087334` · 8/11/2023 · SCHOFIELD, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Merrill Iron & Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** 900 Alderson St., SCHOFIELD, WISCONSIN, 54476
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 11, 2023, an employee removed rigging from a steel beam that had been attached to an overhead crane. The employee was moving the crane when the rigging caught the beam and tipped it over, striking the employee. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to the spine, sternum, and ankle.

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