# Fractures at SOUTHWEST STEEL PROCESSING, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024032744` · 3/27/2024 · NEWPORT, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running
- **Source:** Metal sheets, ingots, bars semi-finished
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTHWEST STEEL PROCESSING, LLC
- **Location:** 2801 Van Dyke Rd, NEWPORT, ARKANSAS, 72112
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting bands off steel billets when a 20-foot long billet rolled and landed on their right lower leg, resulting in a compound fracture.

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