# Fractures and surface, flesh wounds at Thyssenkrupp
> OSHA SIR `2025021181` · 2/5/2025 · WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object  unspecified
- **Source:** Metal building materials  unspecified form
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Thyssenkrupp
- **Location:** 5 Sterling Drive, WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT, 06492
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was straightening a stack of copper plates when the plates fell over and struck his ankle. The employee sustained a fractured ankle and a laceration.

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