# Fractures and burns at Carpenter Technology Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024065438` · 6/19/2024 · READING, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from moving vehicle
- **Source:** Oversized industrial hauler
- **Secondary source:** Fire, flame
## Employer
- **Name:** Carpenter Technology Corporation
- **Location:** 101 W Bern St, READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 19601
- **NAICS:** 331110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was operating a straddle carrier to transfer a load to the billet yard. When they turned left into the billet yard, the straddle caught fire. The employee stopped the vehicle and jumped approximately 6-8 feet to the ground. The employee sustained first- and second-degree burns to the head, face, and arms, and a fractured right leg.

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