# Fractures at Weber Knapp Company
> OSHA SIR `20241010033` · 10/29/2024 · JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Weber Knapp Company
- **Location:** 441 Chandler Street, JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, 14701
- **NAICS:** 332999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a steel coil (approximately 900 lbs.) from storage to the straightener hook on a hoist. The coil rolled and fell onto the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right tibia.

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