# Fractures at L.R. Willson & Sons, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109655` · 10/19/2023 · SUITLAND, MARYLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** L.R. Willson & Sons, Inc.
- **Location:** 4210 Silver Hill Road, SUITLAND, MARYLAND, 20746
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was using a crane to lift steel beams when they came loose from the crane and struck the employee in the left leg. The employee sustained a compound fracture that required hospitalized and required surgery.

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