# Fractures at MICA Steelworks, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109808` · 10/22/2024 · KAUFMAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by suspended or swinging objects  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Other structural elements  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MICA Steelworks, Inc.
- **Location:** 1200 Rand Road, KAUFMAN, TEXAS, 75142
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assembling a steel structure. The structure was being lifted when it became unbalanced, swung, and pinned the employee in a wedge between the adjacent structure. The employee was hospitalized for chest and rib fractures.

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