# Fractures and soft tissue injuries at Huntington Steel and Supply Co.
> OSHA SIR `2024054246` · 5/14/2024 · HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and soft tissue injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Collapse, engulfment  loose materials or liquids
- **Source:** Panels, sheets, plates  metal
- **Secondary source:** Bundles, bales
## Employer
- **Name:** Huntington Steel and Supply Co.
- **Location:** 100 3rd Avenue, HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 25703
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was kneeling on the back of a truck loading metal sheets, when the tie wire that was supporting the sheets broke. The metal came down and hit the employee, who suffered a shattered shin bone and a dislocated left knee. The employee was hospitalized.

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