# Fractures at Waste Management
> OSHA SIR `2023109890` · 10/26/2023 · SOUTH ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Scrap metal
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** Waste Management
- **Location:** 7N500 IL-25 S, SOUTH ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60177
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane to move a sheet of steel. The lifting apparatus struck the door of the equipment, causing the sheet of steel to fall on the employee's foot and fracture it.

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