# Fractures at Kyoei Steel America LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024010390` · 1/15/2024 · VINTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Electric parts  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Cranes  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kyoei Steel America LLC
- **Location:** 8100 Border Steel Road, VINTON, TEXAS, 79821
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing repairs on an electrical arc furnace (EAF) phase #1 structure. He was using a crane to lift the phase when a pulley base for the winch system broke off causing the phase to fall and strike the employee's right forearm. The employee sustained a laceration and fracture to his forearm requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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