# Fractures at Kriger Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021182` · 2/7/2024 · SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact incidents  unspecified
- **Source:** Beams and rails  metal
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Kriger Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** Interstate 84 Section 282 West Bound, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18504
- **NAICS:** 561110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a waste steel crossbeam with a 3-foot oxyacetylene torch. When the beam was cut, other beams shifted and landed on the employee's left foot, pinning it to the ground. He suffered fractures to the foot.

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