# Fractures at Doherty Steel, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20231110844` · 11/27/2023 · PAOLA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Doherty Steel, Inc.
- **Location:** 21110 W. 311th St., PAOLA, KANSAS, 66071
- **NAICS:** 238120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the yard directing a forklift to move steel beams closer together on dunnage. The forklift boom was reaching over a stack of I-beams and while moving one of the stacks, the boom struck a lower level of dunnage and knocked over a 50-foot long I-beam weighing approximately 1,800 pounds. The I-beam struck the employee's legs from behind, breaking both legs.

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