# Fractures at Yaffe Scrap Metal Recycling, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023098446` · 9/13/2023 · KREBS, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
- **Secondary source:** Scrap metal
## Employer
- **Name:** Yaffe Scrap Metal Recycling, INC.
- **Location:** 4903 East US Highway 270, KREBS, OKLAHOMA, 74554
- **NAICS:** 562920
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking between the maintenance shop and the nonferrous area. At the same time, a forklift was pushing a scrap steel beam that was on the ground alongside a storage can. The beam moved out of position and struck the employee's right leg. The employee sustained a fractured leg, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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