# Fractures at Richard E. Pierson Construction Co., Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023109965` · 10/27/2023 · NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Structural metal materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Richard E. Pierson Construction Co., Inc.
- **Location:** Delaware Memorial Bridge (East Bound), NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, 19720
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unrigging steel when an 8-inch by 50-foot, 4,875-pound piece of steel rolled onto their left leg, resulting in a fracture.

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