# Fractures at TC Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021398` · 2/14/2024 · CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Bundles, bales
- **Secondary source:** Cranes gantry, overhead, monorail, container
## Employer
- **Name:** TC Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 3703 S. Route 31, CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS, 60012
- **NAICS:** 332811
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to utilize a bundle of steel while operating a furnace. An overhead crane deposited five bundles of steel near the furnace and the employee asked the operator to lift up one of the bundles so the employee could use a 4-by-4 to create some separation between the bundles. As the crane lifted the bundle, it came down and crushed the employee's hand, resulting in fractures and swelling.

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