# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at United Performance Metals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024076514` · 7/17/2024 · HAMILTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by other falling object  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils
- **Secondary source:** Slings
## Employer
- **Name:** United Performance Metals, Inc.
- **Location:** 3475 Symmes Road, HAMILTON, OHIO, 45015
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a 1,508-pound steel coil from a pallet positioned on the floor. The pallet slipped and the polyester sling was cut by a burr on the steel coil. The coil fell on the employee's foot, crushing it.

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