# Fractures at TrueNorth Steel - West Fargo
> OSHA SIR `2024098289` · 9/6/2024 · WEST FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Skull
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells
- **Secondary source:** Cranes  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** TrueNorth Steel - West Fargo
- **Location:** 420 Main Avenue East, WEST FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58078
- **NAICS:** 332312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a crane to move a piece of steel when the controls for the crane were activated and the employee sustained a fractured skull from the hook of the lifting sling.

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