# Fractures at International Steel and Counterweights LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231211434` · 12/15/2023 · YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO
## 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:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes-other fixed or stationary cranes
## Employer
- **Name:** International Steel and Counterweights LLC
- **Location:** 140 Northwest Avenue, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, 44502
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a 500-pound steel counterweight off a pallet using a magnetic hold jib crane. The counterweight detached from the crane and the employee sustained a left foot/toe fracture that required surgery.

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