# Fractures at Sterling Steel Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109974` · 10/28/2023 · STERLING, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple pelvic region locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sterling Steel Company, LLC
- **Location:** 101 Avenue K, STERLING, ILLINOIS, 61081
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting four bags of a lime blend weighing approximately 10,000 pounds using a crane. The load swung and pinned the employee against a structural I-beam, resulting in fractures to the hip and pelvis.

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