# Fractures at Superior Forge and Steel Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20231110967` · 11/30/2023 · NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Grates and drains in floor surface
- **Secondary source:** Confined spaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Superior Forge and Steel Corporation
- **Location:** 597 Commerce Avenue, NEW CASTLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16101
- **NAICS:** 333519
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing grating to change metal chip hoppers located in a pit. The employee lost his balance and fell approximately 12 feet from the grate, landing in the metal chip hopper. The employee sustained a sprained right foot, a left foot fracture, and a fractured L5 vertebra.

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