# Fractures at Steel Dynamics - Southwest - Sinton Division
> OSHA SIR `2024109310` · 10/5/2024 · SINTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Rib(s), oblique area
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Other confined spaces  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Existing opening, hole in constructed surface
## Employer
- **Name:** Steel Dynamics - Southwest - Sinton Division
- **Location:** 8534 Texas 89, SINTON, TEXAS, 78387
- **NAICS:** 331315
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing a secure device on a large steel coil. The employee was pulling on a manual crimping tool when it slipped, and the sudden release caused him to stumble backward, fall into the opening between the coil saddles and down into a pit below. The employee sustained fractured ribs, a laceration to the head, and left leg/knee pain.

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