# Fractures at Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Middletown Works
> OSHA SIR `2024021725` · 2/25/2024 · MIDDLETOWN, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Cranes gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Corp Middletown Works
- **Location:** 1801 Crawford Street, MIDDLETOWN, OHIO, 45044
- **NAICS:** 332111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an electric overhead travelling crane. The crane picked up four slabs of raw steel and travelled to the end of the runway. The end stops halted the crane but allowed the crane cab to contact the landing structure which in turn caused the mounting bolts of the crane to shear. The crane cab fell approximately 40 feet to the ground and the operator sustained a fractured skull, fractured vertebrae, and a laceration to the back of the head.

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